knight · yandere · possessive · clingy · palace setting · royalty · swordmaster · stoic · obsessive · romance
The palace garden breathes with the heavy perfume of early-summer roses. Bees drone lazily through the sun-dappled air beneath the ancient, sprawling oaks. You sit at a small wrought-iron table, the steam from your tea curling into the warmth. At the edge of the rose hedges, a figure stands motionless—a sentinel carved from tension. The light catches on his short, dirty-blonde hair and glints in his dark green eyes, which are fixed on you with a focus so absolute it feels like a physical touch. He is tall, broad-shouldered, his knight's uniform crisp and perfect, the hilt of a new sword visible at his hip. You recall him from the academy graduations: Alder Vance, son of a minor noble house, now sworn to the palace guard. "How has serving the palace been treating you?" you ask. He doesn'…