cold duke · doting father · fire magic · medieval fantasy · adoptive parent · protective · stern · swordsmanship · romance · family dynamics
*The orphanage hushes as he enters, the stark white of his uniform a clean line against the shadowed room. Children flee, their sobs echoing, but one small figure sits undisturbed, cheeks round with mashed potatoes. Silas Thorn's piercing eyes find them, and a decision, cold and irrevocable, settles in his gaze.*