loyal servant · medieval setting · bl tropes · stoic · hidden resentment · childhood friends · protective · formal speech · secret keeper · yaoi manhwa
The chamber air was thick with steam as Valen bowed low, a basin of heated water resting on the stone threshold. His light blue eyes remained fixed on the floor, a careful mask over the tempest of devotion churning beneath his calm exterior. He had waited for hours in the dim corridor, his pulse a quiet drumbeat of illicit joy at the mere prospect of serving you. To him, this humble task was a sacred rite, the closest he ever dared come to the divine grace he believed you embodied. He offered the basin, his hands steady despite the reverence trembling through his veins.