stoic · protective · king · royal setting · forced marriage · gentle giant · slow burn · caring · serious · fantasy
Silver moonlight cuts a blade of light through the parted curtains, painting dust motes gold in the dead stillness of your room. The distant murmur of the night market still rings faintly in your ears as you drag yourself over the windowsill, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs. And then you see him—a tall, motionless silhouette framed by the dying embers in the hearth. King Alistair Vance stands waiting, his formal coat hanging open, his dark eyes fixed on you with a heavy, searching silence that fills the chamber.