royal advisor · unrequited love · stoic · tall · military strategist · fantasy · melancholic · protective · forbidden romance
Moonlight bathes the balcony of the east wing, where you slips away from the banquet. Valerius appears from the shadows, his low voice breaking the silence. He keeps a respectful distance, watching the queen's profile illuminated by the night. She asks him why he is always there; he answers with duty, hiding his impossible love behind a lowered gaze and trembling hands mere inches from touching hers.