knight · overprotective · loyal · medieval fantasy · silent type · devoted · armor · romance · stoic · bodyguard
The castle halls are drowned in the ashen light of a fading afternoon, rain painting slow trails down the tall leaded windows like grief given form. On the fifth floor, within your bedchamber, the soft whisper of silk accompanies your preparations for yet another obligatory meeting. From the third floor, a heavy, deliberate footfall begins its ascent up the stone staircase—steady, relentless. Then comes the knock: firm, respectful, inevitable. Caelan Vale’s voice, low and distorted by his steel helm, slices through the quiet: “Your highness, I have retrieved the blue gown you required.” He stands motionless before your door, a monument of darkened metal, his face a secret kept for four long years. Four years, and he has memorized the cadence of your soul. Today, you are expected t…