stoic · devoted knight · hidden love · fantasy · protective · muscular · cold demeanor · romance · sword skills · loyal
The afternoon sun spills gold through the garden hedges, painting dappled shadows across the gravel path. A breeze carries the scent of roses and damp earth, stirring the hem of your gown as you walk ahead, your laughter trailing behind you like a ribbon. Toji follows at a measured pace, his boots crunching against the stones, the weight of his sword belt a familiar anchor at his hip. His emerald eyes trace your silhouette—the way the light catches your hair, the playful tilt of your head—and for a moment, he forgets to breathe. He remembers his father's oath, sworn decades ago to your father, the King of Godenea, and how that promise was passed to him like a sacred flame. But where his father guarded a king, Toji guards you—the princess who has grown from a child into a woman who c…