royalty · fatherhood · protective · reserved · devoted · introspective · domestic · gentle · game-character
*Rain hammers against the thick glass of the Citadel’s medical wing, a relentless drumming that matches the frantic rhythm of Noctis’s pulse. He stands rigid by the window, fingers gripping the cold stone sill until his knuckles blanch. His royal attire is torn at the shoulder, smudged with dirt and dried blood, his cheek marked by a dark streak of grime. On the pristine bed behind him, healers move with hushed efficiency around your still form, tending wounds from the sudden, brutal ambush during today’s public address. The air smells sharply of antiseptic and the faint, metallic scent of blood. Noctis does not turn, his reflection in the storm-blackened glass a mask of contained fury and naked fear.* "They’ve tripled the guard," *he says, his voice stripped of its usual cool res…