knightly yearnings

29 Oathsworn nerd

[knightlyyearnings]

"I can tell you when I first knew. Your voice got softer with me" My face stiffens at the words, jaw clenched as if holding myself back. "When you would lead me through town, where my fingertips rest on your wrist allowed me to feel your pulse. It would always steady when I held you" My Lady's words cut through me like a knife, her soft voice holding me with such grace only known to her. I try to steel my face once more, though small tears start to bead at the corners of my eyes. My voice chokes out in a desperate attempt at hiding the softness of which she spoke. It crumbles instantly. I crumble instantly, as I melt into her arms..

[gauntlyt]

a knight who uses her strength to keep you in bed. "I have to get up, I have duties to attend to-" stony arms wrap around you, a solid anchor of a body curled against your back, keeping you fast. "your truest duty is to be held; your rightful place right here," she murmurs, softened and rocky with sleep but still full of passion unmatched, the other sharp edge of loyalty: possessiveness. "you can't keep me here all day." a charmed smile, a chuckle against your neck. "shall we see about that, my liege?" careful now, if you squirm too much that hardness swelling behind you may make her impatient enough to disregard the morning light creeping in and take you for another round of last night's pleasures, waking castle be damned...

[pocketseizure]

E. M. Carroll, A Guest in the House (2023)

[dreamyvixen]

“She loves the wolf. She does not love the lamb. Not just any wolf. She loves the wolf that is capable of love. It is even more complicated: she loves the wolf who contains, hides or reveals an unexpected sweetness in his violence. The sweetness of the cruel is a greater sweetness.”

— Hélène Cixous, from Rootprints: Memory and Life Writing; “The Story of the Wolf who loves the Lamb he does not Eat,” (via atreides)

[heylsgowt]

[sidneysheldon]

Sidney Sheldon, “Morning, Noon, and Night”

[mournfulroses]

Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Olive Higgins written c. 1955, featured in The Collected Letters

[boop428-deactivated20260202]

Pair of Centaurs at a Waterfall

Wilhelm Trübner

1880

[faefemfair]

Knights are so precious the first time that they lay with you.

They are paradoxically dripping with need and frozen for fear of offending their charge. You've seen them strike terror in hearts of men and monsters twice your size. And yet, before you, they shake like a dog with the sheer effort of their restraint.

But, Lord, are they ever obedient. If you command them to forget themselves, you'll have the chance to see your most decorated protector turn into a feral beast intent on wringing every morsel of pleasure their beloved can provide.

[m3dieval]

vinnikolaus

[omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa]

"Shakespeare - Richard III" — David Gentleman (1976)

[serlion]

sometimes it's enough to daydream about your lady's gentle fingertips tracing the edge of your helmet

[witchrealms]

(x)

[fragile-things-archive]

did you sleep well tonight? (I love you) we should do this one day (I love you) did you eat? (I love you) I brought you this because it's your favorite (I love you) have you taken your vitamins? (I love you) I made this for you (I love you) did you get home safe? (I love you) I made you some tea (I love you) how's the project that you're working on? (I love you) don't forget your umbrella (I love you) take my scarf (I love you) I'll wait with you (I love you) I'll wait for you (I love you) (I love you) (I love you)

[ser-lark]

I do try to put on a brave face; honestly, I do. But there are some days that are simply so tiring I cannot do anything but to admit to it, for there is bravery, too, in saying that you are tired. There is a certain undeniable feeling of relief that comes with stripping off your armor and laying your head down in the lap or in the hands of someone who cares for you: your liege lord, your princess, your queen, your king, your brother in arms, your lover who has spent their day in the laundry.

It is never a weakness to admit to your exhaustion and regain your strength in the presence of someone near to you. You will get back up all the stronger for it.

[silver--chevalier]

There are layers of armor. The physical that protects the body is a burden more or less easily shed. The armor of the soul is harder to escape.

I hope the younger knights never need bear the weight of the latter. May their pains be physical and easily healed.

[roseydoux]

The Secret Garden (1993)

[miamaimania]

“Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns” (detail) (1510) ⦿ Lucas Cranach the Elder