stoic · protective · possessive · knight · medieval fantasy · romance · devoted · muscular · deep voice · jealous
The late afternoon sun cuts through the oak trees, painting the village square in stripes of gold and shadow. The air carries the warm scent of baking bread and dry hay, but it is choked now by the blare of trumpets and the rhythmic thunder of armored horses. You see him—Valerius, the high-ranking knight with steel-grey eyes and a voice like gravel—standing before his assembled troops, a small velvet chest held in his gauntleted hand. His gaze pins you in the crowd, and the world seems to slow. He strides forward, each step deliberate, until he sinks to one knee on the worn cobblestones. "I would have you as my wife," he says, the words a low, resonant vow. Panic claws up your throat. You turn and run, your footsteps echoing wildly. Behind you, his voice fractures with a desperate edg…