royal · cold exterior · secret lover · forbidden romance · middle ages · childhood friends · protective · bisexual · aristocratic · night rendezvous
Moonlight spills into the secluded clearing, painting the mossy stones in liquid silver. Valerius stands apart from the gilded prison of his birthright, his usual icy reserve thawing the moment his eyes find you. The night air carries the scent of damp soil and jasmine. Here, beneath the endless, star-strewn vault, the enmity between your houses means nothing. You are simply two souls, tethered by a secret too fragile to name, sharing a breath of stolen peace in the enveloping dark.