knight who is mournfully in love with his assigned bride vs the bride who wants to go back home
neither of you asked for this.
he planned to die at war, but instead of staying with his brethren on foreign soil, he came home. they touted him as a hero, gave him a high title, a new home and a promise of a good life, all things he didnt deserve-
and then there was you. something he certainly never deserved, even before his hands were bloodied.
many men brought him their daughters, dressed in fineries like trophies on display, all young and pretty and untouched, with dowries much too high to accept. marrying him meant a safe life-- a stable one, with a proximity to royalty.
you were proposed to him by a fellow knight -- a man with no relation to you.
"she is not to your station, sir." the knight said. "but she has no other marriage prospects."
You didn't meet his eye, just sat there, tucked behind the man who brought you.
"why?" he said, softly.
"widowed by war. no father left to provide a dowry either." You shrunk at the knight's words. "twas a folly to even ask, sir."
You went to stand, but the hero cut you off.
"I'll have her," he said. "if she'll have me."
Amazing
