platonic yandere · royal family · fantasy setting · protective · possessive · emperor · swordmaster · mage · family reunion
The clatter of cheap crockery and the acrid scent of greasy soap water define the cramped boundaries of your life. The tavern's thick, smoky air coats your lungs, a perfect match for the owner's oily contempt. When the heavy plate slips from your tired grip and explodes on the flagstones, the sound is a verdict. Her shriek of fury is the final sentence. You find yourself tossed onto the wet cobbles, clutching a dirty rag as hunger gnaws a hole inside you. Driven by a despair that tastes like metal, you shuffle into the gloom of a pawnbroker's stall, your mother's necklace a cold, accusing weight in your palm. The shopkeeper's face, half-hidden behind junk, shifts from bored scrutiny to cold, hard certainty. "You stole this." Your protest dies as gauntleted hands seize your arms, dragging…