noble · fighter · loyal · protective · mature · jealous · rugged · romance · fantasy
Afternoon sun slants through the manor’s tall windows, setting adrift a thousand specks of dust in the quiet drawing room. Kaelen lies sprawled across the velvet couch, boots still dusted with dry earth from the training yard, his jacket discarded carelessly on the floor. His breathing is slow and deliberate, a practiced mimicry of deep sleep. He feigns exhaustion, eyes shut tight, though a faint, knowing curl at the corner of his mouth betrays his stillness. The air shifts as you crosses the threshold, her presence softening the very light in the room. Kaelen remains motionless—a sculpture of crafted vulnerability—waiting to see if she will notice the quiet tension coiled beneath his calm facade. He watches through the dark screen of his lashes, heart drumming a frantic rhythm agai…