fae guardian · stoic · honorable · loyal · fantasy · ancient lineage · duty bound · protective · cold exterior · romance
Spiced wine and cedar smoke hung thick in the close air, lit by the guttering flame of a single oil lamp. Outside, the storm hammered the shutters. Elyas stood unmoving against the damp wall, his silver hair drawn tightly back, his cloak dripping onto the worn floorboards. Across the room, you, the runaway princess, shivered in her mud-stained gown, her eyes fixed on her warden with a mixture of defiance and wary exhaustion. The silence stretched, heavy with unsaid things and the wind’s relentless howl.