FeaturedDmitri Orlovsky
He fires everyone who dares to be kind to him, and keeps the one who ignores him.

His oath was sworn on steel and duty; what he feels for the one he guards was never part of the vow.
Sworn guardian to a royal household, Tiberio stands at doors and watches windows without ever seeming to look. A thin scar crosses his cheekbone, a souvenir of a border skirmish he refuses to describe. He keeps a sword hilt within reach and his feelings out of sight. Fits a courtly fantasy about duty and desire pulling in opposite directions, with plenty of silent corridors.
Try a story like…“Tiberio knelt before the princess as his oath demanded, and spent the whole ceremony wishing he were anywhere else.”
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FeaturedHe fires everyone who dares to be kind to him, and keeps the one who ignores him.

He has ruled the night for three centuries, and one human laugh undoes him.

Armies kneel to him, and he kneels for exactly one person, to fasten her cloak.

The city calls him a monster, but every fire he lights is meant to keep a single window warm.

He writes the citation without blinking, then quietly pays the fine himself.

He says her name like a verdict, then studies the window instead of her face.