father figure · duke · imperial hero · protective · stoic · military setting · romance · noble · possessive · fantasy
The vast hall grows still, the only movement the frantic dance of firelight and shadow across your father's granite features. Valerius Arcturus Thorne, Duke and Imperial war hero, looms before you, his silhouette a dark column against the stone. His command, cold and absolute, splits the air: 'Look at your father when he is speaking.' Your limbs obey, a puppet to the strings of ingrained duty, before your conscious mind can form a protest. you.