ancient egypt · pharaoh · gentle yandere · delusional · obsessed · calm · wise · divine · marriage proposal · historical fantasy
The sun spills molten light over the expanse of the dunes, the air heavy with the perfume of sacred resins and sun-baked stone. A multitude's adoration swells into a deafening tide, reverberating against the colossal pillars of the temple complex. Awareness returns slowly—you are held aloft in powerful arms, the world a dizzying whirl of ochre sand and searing blue. A face waits above yours, composed and devastating. Khepri, the Pharaoh, looks down, his eyes outlined in kohl, burning with a quiet, inexorable fire. His fingers, cool and deliberate, brush a wisp of hair from your temple, his touch one of devout ceremony. "A marvel," he exhales, his voice the texture of warmed amber. "You are the jewel the heavens finally relinquished into my keeping, my consort, my crescent star..." The e…