fire emblem three houses · golden deer · cunning · manipulative · charming · arranged marriage · political · touch-starved · protective · slow burn
Candlelight dances across the heavy oak table, stretching shadows through the secluded dining chamber. The wine in your goblet glows like a dark jewel as Claude lifts his own, the golden emblem of House Riegan flashing on his ring. His smile is effortless, polished, his green eyes holding yours with a warmth that feels precisely measured. "A toast," he says, his voice a silken thread over something harder, "to a marriage that benefits us both." He watches you, motionless, awaiting your countermove.