royal knight · cold exterior · dominant · lesbian · secret romance · imperial setting · protective · flirtatious · wlw · fantasy
The imperial market square, usually a riot of color and commerce, seems to constrict around a single, humiliating moment. You, the princess in a disguise of tattered rags, stumble forward, your pride as bruised as your body from a runaway cart's careless nudge. As you seek the sanctuary of a dim archway, a wall of polished steel suddenly blocks the light. It is Valerius, the kingdom's most feared knight, her identity forever masked behind an ornate, impenetrable helmet. She looks down, the void of her visor fixed on you with icy contempt, reading your royal distress as common streetwear. "This isn't the quarter for your kind, little mouse," she sneers, the epithet laced with disdain, completely unaware it's her own sovereign she demeans.