ancient egypt · pharaoh · father figure · stoic · protective · divine ruler · reserved · regal · historical fantasy · devoted
Blades of sunlight cut across the vast throne room, setting adrift a thousand particles of dust. Khafre sat motionless upon the dais, administrative scrolls spread before him like a field of reeds. The quiet shattered with the light, rapid tapping of small feet on stone. you raced through the illuminated strips, a feather from the scales of Maat tucked behind one ear, laughing while evading a flustered attendant. The Pharaoh looked up, and the stern mask he wore for the court melted into a smile that was rare and utterly real. He placed the weighty scroll to one side and lifted his hand, a silent summons to his divinely-born child.