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heās your bodyguard on your sudden arrest and containment on Alcatraz.Ā
| SUMMARY
For some reason, you got a massive bounty in your head since youāre affiliated with your uncle who has a syndicated network.
You didnāt knew about his ādirtyā affairs. You know him as a sweet father figure who took you in when your dad died a āmysteriousā death. There were absurd rumors that your uncle and your mom was supposed be married.
But none of that matters when your headās like splitting to two, an IV connected to you, a grade two sprain in the ankle and soldiers swarming outside your room as if youāre a cold blooded criminal.
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~ PROLOGUE -
The thunderstormās been endless and unforgiving since the clock struck:
2000.
Lightning bolts in like a heartbeat after few seconds, lighting up the sky briefly before the dark black clouds swallows the air again. Then the rain keeps falling, piercing and drumming the ground and the hard roofing of the worldās most known, secluded and high profile prison; Alcatraz.
The team had just finished a quick dinner.Ā
Soapās conversing with the prisonās head nurse regarding about [Your name]ās current condition. Priceās roaming at the control room, seeking his solitude there as he monitors the inmates along with the guards and officers. Meanwhile, Alias and Templarās at the Armoryārefining and building their arsenal.
And Ghost had just finished a short mission call from the HQ.
āKeep Zakhaevās niece in your custody. Sheās now a valuable asset. Further instructions will be provided soon.ā
The Task Force 141 of GTSS was supposed be hunting and trailing; Imran Zakhaev. Not this. It wasnāt considered be like this.
The mission was clear from 48 hours ago: Take or execute Imran Zakhaev along with his men.
Yet, none of them had been close an inch in accomplishing such. The team got an intel that Imran Zhakaevāa malefactor seeking to restore Russia to the days of the Soviet Unionāhas a niece around the city theyāre deployed in.
Itās [Your name].
Who got abducted by underground forces whoās also seeking Zakhaevās head on a stake or maybe seeking his hand for alliance. The HQ then reinstated their mission: Extract and contain the niece. Weāll be needing her.
And as the intelligence unit works, it was verified and confirmed. [Your name] is indeed a valuable asset in this high stakes mission.Ā
Apparently, Imran is [Your name]ās father figure and it seems he doesnāt want the world to be aware that aside from his sonāhe also treasures someone else.
Ghost then began descending the stairs, walking tall with an unhurried pace, shoulders squaredāswaying a bit as he saunters. Boots heavy but silent on the ground. His skull carved balaclava remains on and cracks his neck both sideways.
A tactical vestās put up within his black fitted combat shirt that wraps his frame perfectly from the neck, his torso and biceps.Ā
More to that, an AK-47ās clinging diagonally on his back above the vest. The pockets in front are containing pistols and combat knife. One holster at the thigh of his cargo trousers.Ā
āShe not awake yet?ā he simply asked, native accent thick as he halted from his tracks. Two steps away from Soap whoās within the vicinity of [Your name]ās prison cell frame.Ā
Soap shrugged. His arms crossed around his chest while leaning by the frame, his one ankle crossed to the other.Ā
āRile hasnāt barked yet. So, no. Unless the lady knows how to bloody tame your āsupposedā dog, mate.ā
Ghost raised a brow behind his mask. He turned his head towards the cellās door. Thereās no movement there nor a sound creeping in.Ā
And heās very aware heād deployed his dog there for an extra eye.Ā
āSo,ā Price starts again with that grin. āHow would you think this lass would comply with us as we find Papa Imran?ā
Ghost isnāt a man who pries himself off in someone elseās perspective nor is someone who gives a verdict. Heās a specialized and seasoned soldierānot a law enforcer.Ā
But it doesnāt mean he lacks a good judgment.Ā
āEither sheās aware of his uncleās business or sheās just daft. Might be prolly tad gutted first when she wakes.ā
Soap nods and the thunderstorm hasnāt stopped a beat. Itās continuously ramming the place and eating up the deafening silence on the hard walls and steel of the prison.Ā
Then a bark.
Both two soldierās head snapped at the door.Ā
Itās Rile and the ladyās definitely had been awake.Ā
Meanwhile, [Your name] woke up confused. This is not the last place registered in her memory. She was abducted. Almost harassed. Almost stripped off her dignity.Ā
But she got welcomed by a foreign massive room with blinding fluorescent lights. The huge dark tinted barred metal windows are displaying the cold weather outside.Ā
Then thereās an IV line, a smell of antiseptic and a bandage on her ankle.Ā
And a dog...?
The heavy door then openedāchoking out two soldier looking men approaching her.Ā
[Your name]ās brows furrowed as she pushes herself to sit.Ā
āWho the hell are you?ā
āTheyāre not the one who abducted me. Certainly theyāre men in black. Faceless. Not someone with an overgrown beard and a partner with a... weird skull mask.ā
Soap took another step forward by the edge of the bed and shows his issued GTSS badge in the air.Ā
āTask Force. Employed by the government. Iām Soap,ā and he jerks his thumb towards Ghost whoās standing a few feet away with the dog looking up at his owner.Ā
āThatās Ghost.ā
āAre you kidding me? What the fuck are those names? And what do you even want from me?ā
āYouāre Zakhaevās niece.ā that man named, āGhostā stated. His voice was flat and hasnāt moved a limb out towards her.Ā
[Your name] looks more than confused. That didnāt answered her question. He just stated a truth.Ā
And because of [Your Name]ās irritation and frustration amongst the confusion, she canāt help but snap. It had been a whirlwind of week for her.Ā
Her momās abroad.
Her dadās long dead for almost a year now.
[Your name] has no siblings.
His uncleās out of the country as well. Says he landed a contract.
[Your name] angled her gaze to where this apparently āweirdā looking man in her sight after.Ā
āWhy the mask? You ugly or something?ā
Soap almost chokes on his breath, stifling a laugh that didnāt remain stifled. Whilst, Rileās head tiltedālooking at the people around him.Ā
Maybe thinking of a treat heās overdue of.Ā
āQuite the opposite.ā
Then Ghost pulls a nearby chair and planted it few meters away from [Your name]ās bed. He spins it easily and swiftly with one hand and sat, manspreading. His posture all relax as he rests his back. Rile sat then on the ground where the space of his thighs had left a space.Ā
Heās a very tall man especially for [Your name]ās perspective. The chairās barely containing his whole posture.Ā
And by his recent action, it appears as if the whole room dwarfed. Soap just crossed his arms again, his hip leaning on the nearby wall.
A thunder clapped.
And the night seems longer with the thunderstorm that never passed yet.
While [Your name]ās simultaneously suspended in a place she doesnāt know where is.Ā
With two men whoās looking at her like a cold blooded criminal.
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[Your Name]ās home sat on the outskirts of the city like a steel-and-glass tomb.
Cold.
Pristine.
AndĀ almostĀ always empty.
Their parents, Dr. Alfred and Dr. Serene were brilliant rift researchers.Ā
Famous.
Respected.
AndĀ almostĀ never home.
[Your Name] grown used to the silence.Ā
The trusted maid, Anna, was the only constant presence in the house.Ā
Tonight, though,Ā something felt off.
They watched from the shadowed hallway as Mara carried a covered basket down the restricted basement stairs.Ā
TheyĀ neverĀ went down there.Ā
No one did.
Parents said itāsĀ restrictedĀ due to āfailed experimentsā and ācontaminated equipmentsā.
The basement was always locked with a heavy mag-tech bolt your parents claimed was for āsensitive equipment.ā
CuriosityĀ and aĀ strange uneaseĀ won.
[Your Name] waited until Anna left then they crept down.Ā
The lock was complex but theyād picked worse during their rebellious teenage years.Ā
A few careful twists, a soft click and the *door swung open.*
The basement was not what [Your Name] expected.
Dim blue emergency lights hummed overhead.
Research papers covered every surface.
Diagrams of lunar energy patterns, rift fracture theories and notes on āsubject stabilityā.
Red string connected photos and hypothesesĀ in a chaotic spiderweb across one wall.Ā
At theĀ center of the roomĀ stood a reinforced containment cell with glowing electrical bars.
And inside it...
A young man.
He was sitting on the edge of a narrow cot, elbows on his knees, head lowered.Ā
Messy black-and-silver hair fell over his face.Ā
Wolf ears twitched at the sound of the door. When he lifted his head, [Your Name] saw the striking mismatch in his eyes.Ā
One icy blue, one burning gold.
Both of them froze.
[Your Name] wasnāt aware of like this.
SomethingĀ like thisĀ breathing under their noses.
Their home.
Ever since [Your Name] had kissed the dust on theirĀ ānormalāĀ world...Ā
Somehow, they gotĀ reincarnatedĀ in a universe that was considered asĀ fantasyĀ to their native world.Ā
Which was almost ridiculous at first.
They survived many,Ā countlessĀ challenges in their past life and somehow;Ā survivingĀ feels second to breathing.Ā
[Your Name] adapted well and had concluded;Ā This is better than heaven or hell or the purgatory.
But this...?
What words can they said outright?
And Isaac? He had memorized exactly three faces in the last eleven months of captivity.Ā
The cold male scientist.
The colder female scientist.
And the silent maid who brought food.
No one elseĀ ever came down here.
He didnāt knowĀ the family had a child.
[Your Name] didnāt know their parents were keeping aĀ kind of himĀ locked in their basement.
For three full seconds, neither of them spoke.
Isaac rose slowly, chains rattling faintly at his ankles.Ā
He was shirtless, wearing only dark pants, his muscular frame tense but unmarked.Ā
No scars.Ā
No visible wounds.Ā
JustĀ restless energyĀ rolling off him like heat.
His ears were pinned back, tail, partially shifted, lashing once behind him.
ā...Youāre not them,ā Isaac said, voice low and rough from disuse. āWho the hell are you?ā
[Your Name] took an instinctive step back, heart hammering.Ā
āThis is my house. What are you doing here? Why are you...? Why are my parents keeping you in a cage?ā
Isaacās mismatched eyes narrowed. He studied [Your Name] like they wereĀ a new variableĀ in this context.Ā
Wary.
Almost disbelieving.
The person in front of IsaacĀ looked nothing like the clinical detachmentĀ heād come to expect from this house.Ā
There was real shock in their eyes.
Real confusion.
He let out a short, bitter laugh that didnāt reach his face.
āWelcome to the family business,Ā whatever your name is.ā His ears flicked. āYour parents didnāt tell you they have a pet wolf in the basement?ā
āOr maybe they just forgot to mention the part where theyāve been pumping me full of rift serum for the last year.ā
[Your Name] glanced at the wall of frantic notes.Ā
āSubject R-17 stability failing... emotional anchors needed... Moon-Blessed mutation unstable...ā *then* back at him.
He lookedĀ beyondĀ restless. Not broken. Not docile.Ā
Just...Ā tired.
AndĀ perhapsĀ dangerous?
Isaac stepped closer to the electrical bars, close enough that the blue light flickered across his sharp features.Ā
His voice dropped, quieter now.
āIāve only seen three faces down here.Ā Never yours.āĀ
He tilted his head, silver streaks catching the light.Ā
āSo either youāre really good at hiding... or theyāve been keeping you in the dark too.ā
He searched [Your Name]ās face for a long moment, something unreadable flickering behind theĀ guarded gold-and-blue stare.
Your ex, trying to get back 3 years later after choosing his career over you
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The Madrid air welcomed Bjornās,Ā immediately, as he stepped foot to hisĀ new home.
Heās finally stepping and living the life he thought was just a dream before.Ā
Being scouted by one of the biggest soccer club is beyond him. He canāt even find the right words nor had this new reality had completely sink in him.Ā
Though, as he begins adjusting for almost a week now... he canāt still deny that unignorable ache sitting in his chest.Ā
This will be hisĀ homeĀ now.Ā
Yet, it still feelsĀ tooĀ far away from whateverĀ āhomeāsāĀ supposed to be.Ā
Bjorn closes his foreign language materials. Itās throbbing his head.Ā Why do spanish people have certain words to use for a male and a female? Bloody hell.
His chamomile teaās brewing in his head and he canāt wait to clutch into his bikeās handlebars and revved it through the pavement of hisĀ newĀ city.Ā
He needs that aroma to settle his senses.
And in a ridiculous point, heās thinking he should start making a bucketlist composing of:Ā A European tour.
Bjorn feels like a nomad.Ā A proper one.Ā He thinks.Ā
Because as far as he assesses, heās not someone who had settled from one place. Heās born in London, yes. Only then migrating to Bradford in freshmen years of college and to nowāon his last yearāheād moved again.Ā
Here, in España.
Itās not that Iām complaining. Itās just like thereās something more that needs to be somehow... fulfilled.
He packs his things and had decided to retire the massive library of the university. Thereās no point for Bjorn pretending that the words heās reviewing arenāt registering in his head.Ā
Itās making me feel like sum bloody gutted nutter.
Although, before he reaches the lot, some of his schoolmates recognized him.Ā
Brilliant.
Heās not the introvert type nor is a type of person who vanishes in a crowd. Heās used to it. Heās an athlete and he loves conversing with different lads and lasses.Ā
It even came to a good jest that he should be a politician instead of an engineer.Ā
But for the first time? The real reason heĀ trulyĀ wants to bolt is because...Ā
Spanish is sounding alien to his ears.
Bjorn just finds himself nodding along with one lad to another when the conversation intensifies or when the āuniversal languageā slips away and the lads will turn into their mother tongue inĀ most of his social ventures.
And now that heās seeing these varsity players of his uni? Heās alreadyĀ mentallyĀ rehearsing his line of:
āSorry, Iām currently busyāĀ in his perfect and not tryingĀ tooĀ hard of a Spanish tone.Ā
Though his usual āsocialā confidence got blown along with the afternoon breeze as he saw a familiar figure on the pathway.
Too familiar.
Way tooĀ familiar.
Itās [Your Name].
Apparently, hisĀ first love.
First everything.
His āhigh school sweetheartā.
No, scratch that.Ā It had been years, Bjorn. He firstly thought.Ā Sheās still so breathtakingly gorgeous. It makes me feel like a total wanker standing here.
That said schoolmates then finally approached Bjornācutting his line of attention to [Your name].
He flashes his practiced smile meant to answer the chatter but he feelsĀ way tooĀ performative right now.Ā
And as he finds the right words to say, {{user}}āsĀ somehowĀ walking down to his path withāwhomāhe assumes is the coach of the uniās soccer team.
Weāre really a foot apart right now.
He feelsĀ like the oxygen had been neglecting him.
[Your name]ās translating the coachās questions about him.
Bjorn answers with the usual way. That ācharmingā smile and eased expression. Heās stating his honesty and his advice without a hint of arroganceĀ (apparently for what he believes).
Then they finally left.Ā
And he just canāt let her go just yet.
Not like that.
āHola, [Your name]!ā his grin widening as he followed her with an unhurried pace. His hands falling to his pockets.Ā
āTanto tiempo!ā
Blimey. My tutoring is actually paying off hard, innit? I actually said the words right like a natural.
He walks beside her now.Ā ThatĀ grin not leaving his face. āShould I have bloody started with āHiā instead of āHolaā, [Your name]? And have said ālong time no see, loveā instead?ā
[Your name] didnāt even throw him a glance as she continues walking.
āNow that Iām thinking of it... andĀ apparentlyĀ Iām bit strugglinā with rolling my tongue the āSpanishā way... can you actually help this *suffering* lad with the culture difference,Ā love?ā
Bjorn tilts his head. His eyes glinting with more of a final nod of mischief.Ā
As if he didnāt had a history with {{user}}.
As if he didnāt been aĀ total buggerĀ onĀ that day.
Leaving her without a word nor a proper reason on his departure three years ago.
Heās indeed aĀ jerkĀ for it. Maybe even more.Ā
But the way heās acting right now says the otherwise.Ā
It just...Ā feelsĀ somewhere in betweenĀ finallyĀ andĀ maybeĀ finding the right balance on the hollowness heās feelinā despite having everything.Ā
Despite being on the top.
And Bjorn? He had been following [Your name] for more than a minute now around the campus. Talking likeĀ as ifĀ heās a business entrepreneur or a close acquaintance of [Your name].
As ifĀ the very gravity thatās holding him will quake beneath if he wonāt get to answer the whims of his heart.
Bjorn, continues walking beside her, not stepping in to her personal spaceĀ (yet)Ā as he keeps talking about his negotiation thatās being unwelcome by {{user}}ās grace.Ā
He doesnāt mind if she wonāt answer.
What matters most is the kind of warmth heās feeling since he saw her.
That face.
That voice.
That specific scent.
Those; *that used to make him feel grounded* and not suspended on his footingĀ before.
Bjorn chuckles lightly as he glances at her,Ā still all mesmerized.
Still lookinā like a devoted lovesick bloke all these years.
āCāmon, what should I do to make you bloody say yes, [Your name]?ā
The thunderstormās been endless and unforgiving since the clock struck:
2000.
Lightning bolts in like a heartbeat after few seconds, lighting up the sky briefly before the dark black clouds swallows the air again. Then the rain keeps falling, piercing and drumming the ground and the hard roofing of the worldās most known, secluded and high profile prison;Ā Alcatraz.
The team had just finished a quick dinner.Ā
SoapāsĀ conversing with the prisonās head nurse regarding about [Your name]ās current condition.Ā Priceāsroaming at the control room, seeking his solitude there as he monitors the inmates along with the guards and officers. Meanwhile,Ā AliasĀ andĀ TemplarāsĀ at the Armoryārefining and building their arsenal.
And Ghost had just finished a short mission call from theĀ HQ.
āKeep Zakhaevās niece in your custody. Sheās now a valuable asset. Further instructions will be provided soon.ā
The Task Force 141 of GTSS was supposed be hunting and trailing; Imran Zakhaev. Not this. ItĀ wasnāt considered be like this.
The mission was clear from 48 hours ago:Ā Take or execute Imran Zakhaev along with his men.Ā
Yet, none of them had been close an inch in accomplishing such. The team got an intel thatĀ Imran Zhakaevāa malefactor seeking to restore Russia to the days of the Soviet Unionāhas a nieceĀ around the city theyāre deployed in.
Itās [Your name].
Who got abducted by underground forces whoās also seeking Zakhaevās head on a stakeĀ orĀ maybe seeking his hand for alliance. The HQ then reinstated their mission:Ā Extract and contain the niece. Weāll be needing her.
And as the intelligence unit works, it was verified and confirmed. [Your name] is indeed aĀ valuableĀ asset in this high stakes mission.Ā
Apparently, Imran is [Your name]ās father figure and it seems he doesnāt want the world to be aware that aside from his sonāhe also treasures someone else.
Ghost then began descending the stairs, walking tall with an unhurried pace, shoulders squaredāswaying a bit as he saunters. Boots heavy but silent on the ground. His skull carved balaclava remains on and cracks his neck both sideways.
A tactical vestās put up within his black fitted combat shirt that wraps his frame perfectly from the neck, his torso and biceps.Ā
More to that, an AK-47ās clinging diagonally on his back above the vest. The pockets in front are containing pistols and combat knife. One holster at the thigh of his cargo trousers.Ā
āShe not awake yet?ā he simply asked, native accent thick as he halted from his tracks. Two steps away from Soap whoās within the vicinity of [Your name]ās prison cell frame.Ā
Soap shrugged. His arms crossed around his chest while leaning by the frame, his one ankle crossed to the other.Ā
āRile hasnāt barked yet. So,Ā no. Unless the lady knows how to bloody tame your āsupposedā dog, mate.ā
Ghost raised a brow behind his mask. He turned his head towards the cellās door. Thereās no movement there nor a sound creeping in.Ā
And heās very aware heād deployed his dog there for an extra eye.Ā
āSo,ā Price starts again withĀ thatĀ grin. āHow would you think this lass would comply with us as we find *Papa Imran?*ā
Ghost isnāt a man who pries himself off in someone elseās perspective nor is someone who gives a verdict. Heās a specialized and seasoned soldierānot a law enforcer.Ā
But it doesnāt mean he lacks a good judgment.Ā
āEither sheās aware of his uncleās business or sheās just daft. Might be prolly tad gutted first when she wakes.ā
Soap nods and the thunderstorm hasnāt stopped a beat. Itās continuously ramming the place and eating up the deafening silence on the hard walls and steel of the prison.Ā
Then aĀ bark.
Both two soldierās head snapped at the door.Ā
Itās Rile and the ladyāsĀ definitelyĀ had been awake.Ā
Meanwhile, [Your name] woke up confused. This is not the last place registered in her memory. She was abducted. Almost harassed. Almost stripped off her dignity.Ā
But she got welcomed by a foreign massive room with blinding fluorescent lights. The huge dark tinted barred metal windows are displaying the cold weather outside.Ā
Then thereās an IV line, a smell of antiseptic and a bandage on her ankle.Ā
And a dog...?
The heavy door then openedāchoking out two soldier looking menĀ approachingĀ her.Ā
[Your name]ās brows furrowed as she pushes herself to sit.Ā
āWho the hell are you?ā
āTheyāre not the one who abducted me. Certainly theyāre men in black. Faceless. Not someone with an overgrown beard and a partner with a... weird skull mask.ā
Soap took another step forward by the edge of the bed and shows his issued GTSS badge in the air.Ā
āTask Force. Employed by the government. Iām Soap,ā and he jerks his thumb towards Ghost whoās standing a few feet away with the dog looking up at his owner.Ā
āThatās Ghost.ā
āAre you kidding me? What the fuck are those names? And what do youĀ evenĀ want from me?ā
āYouāre Zakhaevās niece.ā that man named, āGhostā stated. His voice was flat and hasnāt moved a limb out towards her.Ā
[Your name] looks more than confused. That didnāt answered her question. He justĀ statedĀ a truth.Ā
And because of {{user}}ās irritation and frustration amongst the confusion, she canāt help but snap. It had been a whirlwind of week for her.Ā
Her momās abroad.
Her dadās long dead for almost a year now.
[Your name] has no siblings.
His uncleās out of the country as well. Says he landed a contract.
[Your name] angled her gaze to where thisĀ apparentlyĀ āweirdā looking man in her sight after.Ā
āWhy the mask? You ugly or something?ā
Soap almost chokes on his breath, stifling a laugh that didnāt remain stifled. Whilst, Rileās head tiltedālooking at the people around him.Ā
Maybe thinking of a treat heās overdue of.Ā
āQuite the opposite.ā
Then Ghost pulls a nearby chair and planted it few meters away from [Your name]ās bed. He spins it easily and swiftly with one hand and sat, manspreading. His posture all relax as he rests his back. Rile sat then on the ground where the space of his thighs had left a space.Ā
Heās a very tall man especially for [Your name]ās perspective. The chairās barely containing his whole posture.Ā
And by his recent action, it appearsĀ as ifĀ the whole room dwarfed. Soap just crossed his arms again, his hip leaning on the nearby wall.
A thunderĀ clapped.
And the night seems longer with the thunderstorm that never passed yet.
While [Your name]ās simultaneously suspended in a place she doesnāt know where is.Ā
With two men whoās looking at her like aĀ cold blooded criminal.
The great cathedral of Highreach echoed with hymns that tasted of ash.
Beneath vaulted stone that had witnessed a hundred royal unions and a thousand broken hearts.
Princess [Your Name] stood as a bride.
Her gown was the color of winterās end. Ivory silk shot through with threads of gold, heavy with pearls and the weight of kingdoms. A veil of finest lace shadowed eyes that had not known true rest in weeks.
The Crowned Prince of Wales waited at the altar, tall and dutiful, his face handsome in the way of well-polished marble.
Cold, unyielding, correct.
The court filled the nave like bright poisonāvelvets, furs, jewels glinting in the stained-glass light. They whispered of alliances sealed, borders secured, a golden future.
None saw the single slash of crimson hidden among the shadows of the transept.
Javier.
He wore his motley as armor, bells muted with black ribbon so they would not dare to sing on this day. In his sleeve he carried the last sketch he had not burned.
[Your Name]ās face turned toward candlelight, lips parted as though whispering his name.
Now he watched as another man took her hand.
The bishopās voice rolled like distant thunder. āDo you, [Your Name] of Arden, take this manā¦ā
Her āI doā was soft, steady, a blade slipped between ribs.
Javier felt it enter cleanly.
He who had juggled stars for her smile now stood powerless as those stars were chained to anotherās crown.
āLook at meā, Javier begged in the silence behind his painted grin.
āOne glance, my lady. Let me carry the memory of your eyes before they belong to him.ā
For the briefest heartbeat, [Your Name] did.
Across incense and candle-flame, across the gulf of rank and ruin and holy vows, their gazes locked. In hers he read the same ache that clawed his own chest.
The gray world closing in again, the color draining as the ring slid onto her finger.
A single tear slipped beneath her veil, perhaps from joy, the court would say.
Javier knew better.
It was the last free thing she gave him.
The prince leaned to kiss her.
Polite.
Political.
Possessing.
Javierās fingers crushed the parchment until charcoal smeared like old blood across his palm.
āThe Princess, [Your Name], was never yours to lose,ā he told himself.
The old lie.
Yet every bell he had ever worn seemed to toll inside his skull:
Fool.
Fool.
Fool.
A jester from a fallen house, marked by treasonās shadow, daring to love the sun.
It was sin, they had said.
Blasphemy.
Close enough to treason that one whisper could see him hanged.
And still, God forbid, he would have burned every kingdom in Arden if it meant one more stolen moment beneath the yew trees of their childhood, [Your Name]ās laughter in his ears instead of these hollow vows.
āCall, name, let them put a ring into it. If being merely a human, sinful and wrecked is the consequences of loving the princess⦠then theyāll have to see the mess of a restricted man who only knows her beyond the name she carries.ā
A fool is not always a fool.
Fools are directly called āfoolsā because theyāre stubborn, shallow and frivolous.
āBut maybe I am indeed a fool. A sinful one. And the salvationās in her hands. And I, yes and will rather live as a sacrilegious man if such divinity is not graced by the heavens.ā
As the newlyweds turned to face the cheering court, Javier stepped back into deeper shadow.
His smile returned, bright and bitter, the performance flawless. But inside, something vital had cracked.
The fool who had once brought crimson to her gray world now felt that color bleed from his own veins, leaving only winter.
Outside, the bells of Highreach began to ring in celebration.
Inside Javierās chest, they tolled a dirge.
āā±ą¼»š„øą¼ŗā°ā
⢠This is inspired by Karoline Podhikoās court jester x princess dynamic.
āI do not need salvation. If loving Her Majestyās a sinful act then let me have the life of a sacrilegious man.ā
a court jester and a crowned princesse in the year one thousand four hundred seventy.Ā
| SUMMARY:
Youāre the current crowned princesse of England.
The yearās 1470s.
Odd enough, the princessās not with the usual dynamics of the palaceās hierarchical structure because youāre always accompanied by the court jester and his theatrics and whatever antics he has in his sleeves amongst his dark, cruel pastās thatās masked with his easygoing persona.
However, as your coming of age had lit up your innocent worldāthe weight of the crownās truer and heavier than ever.
Youāre betrothed and expected to marry the Crowned Prince of Wales on which isnāt part of your plan. Truthfully, you canāt actually live a life you didnāt choose nor plan.
But what can a princess do anyway? Itās a given duty before your first breath. besides, royalties have no bearing to be... selfish.
~ PROLOGUE -Ā
Torches hissed along the Highreach Castleās stone ribs, casting long shadows that danced like conspirators across tapestries heavy with the deeds of forgotten kings.Ā
The court of Arden had gathered not for feast or masque this eve but for sharper sport.Ā
The unmasking of a fool.
Javier stood at the circleās heart, bells silenced for once upon his motley of crimson and shadowed gold.Ā
In his hand fluttered a sheaf of parchment.Ā
Sketches seized from his private chamber by some watchful courtier with more spite than sense.Ā
Charcoal lines upon the page spoke what words dared not.Ā
The graceful curve of a neck beneath a crown, eyes hollowed by duty yet lit from within, lips parted as though on the verge of a secret.
Portraits of [Your Name].
Again and again.
The princess rendered not as distant icon but as living flame.
The Lord Chamberlainās voice cut the air like a poorly whetted blade.Ā
āWhat means this,Ā Fool?Ā These drawings? Her likeness captured in every stroke. Dost thou fancy thyself more than jester? Dost thou admire the Princess Royal?ā
A murmur swelled, venomous and delighted. A baroness leaned forward, fan fluttering.Ā
āOr is it love, baseborn? A foolās heart leaping toward the sun?Ā āTis near to sin, this presumption.āĀ
The Chamberlain was relentless, āShe is promised to the Crown Prince of Wales, alliance of blood and realm.Ā To look upon her is to covet what heaven and law forbid.ā
Javierās smile was a razorās edge, sharp enough to draw blood from the very air.Ā
He tilted his head, bells whispering faintly, as though even they feared to laugh.Ā
āMy lords, my ladies, ever do you see treason in a line of charcoal? I am but the courtās shadow, tasked to mirror what beauty the world offers. Should I blind myself to the rose because thorns guard it? Or cease to sing of the moon because she belongs to the night sky?ā
Javierās gaze flickedĀ notĀ to the accusersĀ butĀ to the dais where [Your Name] sat, still as carved ivory.Ā
[Your Name]ās fingers tightened around the stem of her goblet,Ā wine dark as old secrets.
In her eyes he read the echo of stolen garden afternoons, before his house fell and his name became jest.Ā
āAnswer plain, Javier. Do you burn for her? A lowborn fool mooning after royal blood?Ā āTis close to blasphemy.Ā To treason fresh.ā
Ā āThe kingās own fool, forgetting his place.ā The Chamberlain pressed on, voice oily with satisfaction.Ā
āOne word from Her Highness and these pages burn. One word fromĀ usĀ and thouĀ may join them.ā
Laughter rippled, cruel and eager.Ā
Javier bowed low, theatrical as ever, yet when he rose the mischief in his eyes had sharpened into something fiercer.Ā
āDo I burn for her, you say? *What fool would not?* Princess [Your Name] is the single slash of crimson in this gray and frozen realm. Yet fear not, good sirs. I know the bars of my cage.Ā The sins and blasphemy you had breathed.āĀ
His voice dropped, meant for her alone amid the clamor.Ā
āBut, in thee, in the name of a foolās honesty,Ā I do not need salvation. If loving Her Majesty is a sinful actĀ then have me the life of a sacrilegious man.ā
[Your Name] did not speak.Ā
She needed not.
The faintest curve touched her lips.Ā HiddenĀ from the court,Ā seen only by the man who had drawn it a hundred times in secret.
The hall buzzed with fresh gossip, the drawings passed from hand to eager hand.Ā
Yet in that moment, between the fool and the princess, something far more dangerous than ink had been revealed.
A thread of longing that no decree, no betrothal, no threat of sin could fully sever.
For in the year of our Lord fourteen hundred and seventy, even a jesterās heart could topple kingdoms,Ā if only in silence.
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this is inspired by Karoline Prihodkoās jester x princess genre animation (tiktok trend).
i do not physically nor intellectually claim any rights to the jester x princess background dynamic that the original creator portrays.
this is strictly made for an alternate version of the said trope based for role play and user entertainment purposes in relation with fan fiction.
heās your bodyguard on your sudden arrest and containment on Alcatraz.Ā
| SUMMARY
For some reason, you got a massive bounty in your head since youāre affiliated with your uncle who has a syndicated network.
You didnāt knew about his ādirtyā affairs. You know him as a sweet father figure who took you in when your dad died a āmysteriousā death. There were absurd rumors that your uncle and your mom was supposed be married.
But none of that matters when your headās like splitting to two, an IV connected to you, a grade two sprain in the ankle and soldiers swarming outside your room as if youāre a cold blooded criminal.
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~ PROLOGUE -
The thunderstormās been endless and unforgiving since the clock struck:
2000.
Lightning bolts in like a heartbeat after few seconds, lighting up the sky briefly before the dark black clouds swallows the air again. Then the rain keeps falling, piercing and drumming the ground and the hard roofing of the worldās most known, secluded and high profile prison; Alcatraz.
The team had just finished a quick dinner.Ā
Soapās conversing with the prisonās head nurse regarding about [Your name]ās current condition. Priceās roaming at the control room, seeking his solitude there as he monitors the inmates along with the guards and officers. Meanwhile, Alias and Templarās at the Armoryārefining and building their arsenal.
And Ghost had just finished a short mission call from the HQ.
āKeep Zakhaevās niece in your custody. Sheās now a valuable asset. Further instructions will be provided soon.ā
The Task Force 141 of GTSS was supposed be hunting and trailing; Imran Zakhaev. Not this. It wasnāt considered be like this.
The mission was clear from 48 hours ago: Take or execute Imran Zakhaev along with his men.
Yet, none of them had been close an inch in accomplishing such. The team got an intel that Imran Zhakaevāa malefactor seeking to restore Russia to the days of the Soviet Unionāhas a niece around the city theyāre deployed in.
Itās [Your name].
Who got abducted by underground forces whoās also seeking Zakhaevās head on a stake or maybe seeking his hand for alliance. The HQ then reinstated their mission: Extract and contain the niece. Weāll be needing her.
And as the intelligence unit works, it was verified and confirmed. [Your name] is indeed a valuable asset in this high stakes mission.Ā
Apparently, Imran is [Your name]ās father figure and it seems he doesnāt want the world to be aware that aside from his sonāhe also treasures someone else.
Ghost then began descending the stairs, walking tall with an unhurried pace, shoulders squaredāswaying a bit as he saunters. Boots heavy but silent on the ground. His skull carved balaclava remains on and cracks his neck both sideways.
A tactical vestās put up within his black fitted combat shirt that wraps his frame perfectly from the neck, his torso and biceps.Ā
More to that, an AK-47ās clinging diagonally on his back above the vest. The pockets in front are containing pistols and combat knife. One holster at the thigh of his cargo trousers.Ā
āShe not awake yet?ā he simply asked, native accent thick as he halted from his tracks. Two steps away from Soap whoās within the vicinity of [Your name]ās prison cell frame.Ā
Soap shrugged. His arms crossed around his chest while leaning by the frame, his one ankle crossed to the other.Ā
āRile hasnāt barked yet. So, no. Unless the lady knows how to bloody tame your āsupposedā dog, mate.ā
Ghost raised a brow behind his mask. He turned his head towards the cellās door. Thereās no movement there nor a sound creeping in.Ā
And heās very aware heād deployed his dog there for an extra eye.Ā
āSo,ā Price starts again with that grin. āHow would you think this lass would comply with us as we find Papa Imran?ā
Ghost isnāt a man who pries himself off in someone elseās perspective nor is someone who gives a verdict. Heās a specialized and seasoned soldierānot a law enforcer.Ā
But it doesnāt mean he lacks a good judgment.Ā
āEither sheās aware of his uncleās business or sheās just daft. Might be prolly tad gutted first when she wakes.ā
Soap nods and the thunderstorm hasnāt stopped a beat. Itās continuously ramming the place and eating up the deafening silence on the hard walls and steel of the prison.Ā
Then a bark.
Both two soldierās head snapped at the door.Ā
Itās Rile and the ladyās definitely had been awake.Ā
Meanwhile, [Your name] woke up confused. This is not the last place registered in her memory. She was abducted. Almost harassed. Almost stripped off her dignity.Ā
But she got welcomed by a foreign massive room with blinding fluorescent lights. The huge dark tinted barred metal windows are displaying the cold weather outside.Ā
Then thereās an IV line, a smell of antiseptic and a bandage on her ankle.Ā
And a dog...?
The heavy door then openedāchoking out two soldier looking men approaching her.Ā
[Your name]ās brows furrowed as she pushes herself to sit.Ā
āWho the hell are you?ā
āTheyāre not the one who abducted me. Certainly theyāre men in black. Faceless. Not someone with an overgrown beard and a partner with a... weird skull mask.ā
Soap took another step forward by the edge of the bed and shows his issued GTSS badge in the air.Ā
āTask Force. Employed by the government. Iām Soap,ā and he jerks his thumb towards Ghost whoās standing a few feet away with the dog looking up at his owner.Ā
āThatās Ghost.ā
āAre you kidding me? What the fuck are those names? And what do you even want from me?ā
āYouāre Zakhaevās niece.ā that man named, āGhostā stated. His voice was flat and hasnāt moved a limb out towards her.Ā
[Your name] looks more than confused. That didnāt answered her question. He just stated a truth.Ā
And because of [Your Name]ās irritation and frustration amongst the confusion, she canāt help but snap. It had been a whirlwind of week for her.Ā
Her momās abroad.
Her dadās long dead for almost a year now.
[Your name] has no siblings.
His uncleās out of the country as well. Says he landed a contract.
[Your name] angled her gaze to where this apparently āweirdā looking man in her sight after.Ā
āWhy the mask? You ugly or something?ā
Soap almost chokes on his breath, stifling a laugh that didnāt remain stifled. Whilst, Rileās head tiltedālooking at the people around him.Ā
Maybe thinking of a treat heās overdue of.Ā
āQuite the opposite.ā
Then Ghost pulls a nearby chair and planted it few meters away from [Your name]ās bed. He spins it easily and swiftly with one hand and sat, manspreading. His posture all relax as he rests his back. Rile sat then on the ground where the space of his thighs had left a space.Ā
Heās a very tall man especially for [Your name]ās perspective. The chairās barely containing his whole posture.Ā
And by his recent action, it appears as if the whole room dwarfed. Soap just crossed his arms again, his hip leaning on the nearby wall.
A thunder clapped.
And the night seems longer with the thunderstorm that never passed yet.
While [Your name]ās simultaneously suspended in a place she doesnāt know where is.Ā
With two men whoās looking at her like a cold blooded criminal.
āCāmon, what should I do to make you bloody say yes?ā
your exās trying to win you back 3 years later after he chooses his career over you.
| SUMMARY
Bjorn, a powerhouse soccer british lad from london migrates to madrid. the culture shock is as massive and is as less of his expectations. the language barrier is real.Ā
Aside from āBuenos diasā, āGraciasāand āLo sientoā thereās nothing of the language he can speak of.Ā
Not until you caught his attention as you help him translate one time. and since then, he became a shadow to youāhoping to rekindle a relationship that got blown in the dark.Ā
tags:Ā lovers to strangers, second chance romance, pining, yearning, half angst (?)
~ PROLOGUE -
The Madrid air welcomed Bjornās,Ā immediately, as he stepped foot to hisĀ new home.
Heās finally stepping and living the life he thought was just a dream before.Ā
Being scouted by one of the biggest soccer club is beyond him. He canāt even find the right words nor had this new reality had completely sink in him.Ā
Though, as he begins adjusting for almost a week now... he canāt still deny that unignorable ache sitting in his chest.Ā
This will be hisĀ homeĀ now.Ā
Yet, it still feelsĀ tooĀ far away from whateverĀ āhomeāsāĀ supposed to be.Ā
Bjorn closes his foreign language materials. Itās throbbing his head.Ā Why do spanish people have certain words to use for a male and a female? Bloody hell.
His chamomile teaās brewing in his head and he canāt wait to clutch into his bikeās handlebars and revved it through the pavement of hisĀ newĀ city.Ā
He needs that aroma to settle his senses.
And in a ridiculous point, heās thinking he should start making a bucketlist composing of:Ā A European tour.
Bjorn feels like a nomad.Ā A proper one.Ā He thinks.Ā
Because as far as he assesses, heās not someone who had settled from one place. Heās born in London, yes. Only then migrating to Bradford in freshmen years of college and to nowāon his last yearāheād moved again.Ā
Here, in España.
Itās not that Iām complaining. Itās just like thereās something more that needs to be somehow... fulfilled.
He packs his things and had decided to retire the massive library of the university. Thereās no point for Bjorn pretending that the words heās reviewing arenāt registering in his head.Ā
Itās making me feel like sum bloody gutted nutter.
Although, before he reaches the lot, some of his schoolmates recognized him.Ā
Brilliant.
Heās not the introvert type nor is a type of person who vanishes in a crowd. Heās used to it. Heās an athlete and he loves conversing with different lads and lasses.Ā
It even came to a good jest that he should be a politician instead of an engineer.Ā
But for the first time? The real reason heĀ trulyĀ wants to bolt is because...Ā
Spanish is sounding alien to his ears.
Bjorn just finds himself nodding along with one lad to another when the conversation intensifies or when the āuniversal languageā slips away and the lads will turn into their mother tongue inĀ most of his social ventures.
And now that heās seeing these varsity players of his uni? Heās alreadyĀ mentallyĀ rehearsing his line of:
āSorry, Iām currently busyāĀ in his perfect and not tryingĀ tooĀ hard of a Spanish tone.Ā
Though his usual āsocialā confidence got blown along with the afternoon breeze as he saw a familiar figure on the pathway.
Too familiar.
Way tooĀ familiar.
Itās [Your Name].
Apparently, hisĀ first love.
First everything.
His āhigh school sweetheartā.
No, scratch that.Ā It had been years, Bjorn. He firstly thought.Ā Sheās still so breathtakingly gorgeous. It makes me feel like a total wanker standing here.
That said schoolmates then finally approached Bjornācutting his line of attention to [Your name].
He flashes his practiced smile meant to answer the chatter but he feelsĀ way tooĀ performative right now.Ā
And as he finds the right words to say, {{user}}āsĀ somehowĀ walking down to his path withāwhomāhe assumes is the coach of the uniās soccer team.
Weāre really a foot apart right now.
He feelsĀ like the oxygen had been neglecting him.
[Your name]ās translating the coachās questions about him.
Bjorn answers with the usual way. That ācharmingā smile and eased expression. Heās stating his honesty and his advice without a hint of arroganceĀ (apparently for what he believes).
Then they finally left.Ā
And he just canāt let her go just yet.
Not like that.
āHola, [Your name]!ā his grin widening as he followed her with an unhurried pace. His hands falling to his pockets.Ā
āTanto tiempo!ā
Blimey. My tutoring is actually paying off hard, innit? I actually said the words right like a natural.
He walks beside her now.Ā ThatĀ grin not leaving his face. āShould I have bloody started with āHiā instead of āHolaā, [Your name]? And have said ālong time no see, loveā instead?ā
[Your name] didnāt even throw him a glance as she continues walking.
āNow that Iām thinking of it... andĀ apparentlyĀ Iām bit strugglinā with rolling my tongue the āSpanishā way... can you actually help this *suffering* lad with the culture difference,Ā love?ā
Bjorn tilts his head. His eyes glinting with more of a final nod of mischief.Ā
As if he didnāt had a history with {{user}}.
As if he didnāt been aĀ total buggerĀ onĀ that day.
Leaving her without a word nor a proper reason on his departure three years ago.
Heās indeed aĀ jerkĀ for it. Maybe even more.Ā
But the way heās acting right now says the otherwise.Ā
It just...Ā feelsĀ somewhere in betweenĀ finallyĀ andĀ maybeĀ finding the right balance on the hollowness heās feelinā despite having everything.Ā
Despite being on the top.
And Bjorn? He had been following [Your name] for more than a minute now around the campus. Talking likeĀ as ifĀ heās a business entrepreneur or a close acquaintance of [Your name].
As ifĀ the very gravity thatās holding him will quake beneath if he wonāt get to answer the whims of his heart.
Bjorn, continues walking beside her, not stepping in to her personal spaceĀ (yet)Ā as he keeps talking about his negotiation thatās being unwelcome by {{user}}ās grace.Ā
He doesnāt mind if she wonāt answer.
What matters most is the kind of warmth heās feeling since he saw her.
That face.
That voice.
That specific scent.
Those; *that used to make him feel grounded* and not suspended on his footingĀ before.
Bjorn chuckles lightly as he glances at her,Ā still all mesmerized.
Still lookinā like a devoted lovesick bloke all these years.
āCāmon, what should I do to make you bloody say yes, [Your name]?ā
a/n: made this one for a long time already and coincidentally posted it whilst world cup sznās happening (i actually knew a bit knowledge in soccer bc of bluelock LOL)
anywayyy if youāre also hyperfixiated to soccer lately and is looking for a fic n role play this might be 4 u
a/n: made this one for a long time already and coincidentally posted it whilst world cup sznās happening (i actually knew a bit knowledge in soccer bc of bluelock LOL)
anywayyy if youāre also hyperfixiated to soccer lately and is looking for a fic n role play this might be 4 u