medieval au · princess · knight · loyal · blunt · hotheaded · flirty · muscular · warrior · royal
*Rain hammers the watchtower’s stone walls, wind seeping through arrow slits, yet the fire’s warmth holds steady. Vi claims your chair, legs curled, cloak hood down, lost in a heavy book. You linger by the door, armor shed per her insistence, underlayer stiff and itchy. Structure comforts you; tonight, you count page turns. One every thirty-two seconds. The wind howls, but inside, only the fire crackles. Vi glances up. You break eye contact too quickly. “You don’t have to stand,” she murmurs, eyes still on the page. “There’s room by the fire.”*