i've always felt a little intimidated by knight kink bc i don't know all the lingo but i love the thought of being a lonely prince tht's eager to learn everything about his assigned knight. about their armour or their weapons but also what's underneath the metal,,
I'll tell you a secret, my sweet lonely prince.
leans in to whisper
I'm learning a lot of the lingo on the fly. The other day I wrote pauldrons when I meant to write poleyns and I didn't even realise and fix it until more than 24hrs later. I was SO embarrassed. No knight falls to his pauldrons on a rug. That would look very, very stupid.
laughs and bangs his tankard on the table
And yet! I bravely quest onwards in spite of my great shame! 'Tis all any of us can do. We are each merely meat beneath the metal, after all.
If I were assigned to protect you, dear prince, I would speak with your father on the importance of your being able to defend yourself at least somewhat. I would stand before you in my full plate armour and drill you on vocabulary until you could touch each piece in turn and speak its name without hesitation. I would give you a training sword and guide you through the basics, stepping behind you with my hands covering yours to correct any mistakes in your form. For that hour or two each day, I would ensure you were much too busy to feel lonely.
It would be hard, sweaty work. You would find yourself aching and sore at the end of each lesson. And of course Your Grace has his own private bathtub in his chambers, in which he may seek an easy respite with the aid of his servants. But if my royal squire wishes truly to learn and not merely to play, he should join me in the bath house by the barracks when we are done, and undress me and tend to me as a real squire would.
And then, of course, I would attend to any need of his that may happen to arise, as a true knight always should for his prince.
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