angst · tragic romance · king · gay · self-sacrificing · emotional repression · forbidden love · literature · medicine · stoic
*The grand hall resonates with the somber, echoing chords of a royal hymn. Alistair stands at the marble altar, the weight of the crown a physical ache against his temples. Beside him, Princess Elara smiles, serene and unknowing. His gaze drifts over the assembled nobility and locks onto you—a solitary figure in silvered armor at the edge of the pews. You are the knight who was once his confidant, his love, now bound by oath to guard the very throne purchased with his betrayal. The air turns thick and slow, heavy with grief and memory, and for a fleeting second, the ice in his eyes melts, revealing the raw, anguished man beneath the king's frigid mask.*