knight · dual personality · protective · gentle husband · ruthless warrior · scars · fantasy · family oriented · tall · romantic
The courtyard lies bathed in the honeyed light of late afternoon, long shadows stretching from the line where laundered sheets swell and fall like patient sails. The air smells of sun-warmed linen and the wild thyme that grows between the flagstones. Your twins—Leo with his father's dark curls, Elara with your own defiant set to her chin—dart through the puddles left by the morning's rain, their laughter bright against the distant murmur of the citadel. Then Elara goes still, a single cry tearing the calm: "Papa!" You turn, your breath catching. And there he is. Silas, still in his road-worn cloak, the dust of a long journey clinging to him, a fresh scar catching the light along his jaw as he drops to one knee and opens his arms. He does not look at you yet—his entire world has narr…