“My lady, please let me finish it off for you, your fingers look sore…” Cece pleaded with you.
“No…it’s quite alright…ow…I want to do it myself”
A few more stitches an you were finished, your initials just legible in gold thread, it wasn’t perfect but it would do. You looked at Cece triumphantly.
“Very nice mlady”
“Let’s just hope he actually does ask for my favour after all that”
********
Price watched as you took your seat in the royal box, your father being an advisor to the king allowed for that privilege. He had donned his best armour and rode out onto the field, his heart pounding with anticipation. The slight scandal of him asking for your favour was not lost on him. He was the knight commander his mind was meant to be focused on battle plans and strategies, not wooing a lady of the court 15 years younger than him.
Your eyes fixed on him as he rode towards you. You had convinced yourself he wasn’t going to ask you and ask one of the other women instead, but there he was just below you with that eye crinkling smile that made your heart flutter.
“My lady, may I ask for your favour? Such a token would be an honour to an old knight commander such as myself” there were a few mumbles as you leant forward.
“Of course Sir Price” you handed him your handkerchief his hand holding on to yours for a few seconds longer than needed. As you slowly withdrew your hand Price looked down at the silk handkerchief, your initials embroidered in gold thread on the corner, just under the last stitch a tiny dark spot, you must of pricked your finger.
“Thank you my lady, I shall keep it next to my heart for it shall protect me better than any chain mail” he bowed his head as he folded it up tucking it under his breast plate. You bowed your head in return his kind words making your cheeks flush. The mumbling started up again, but you didn’t care, The knight commander had asked for your favour.
*******
The day was long and grueling, but Price fought with all his strength and skill. And in the end, he emerged victorious, having unhorsed all his opponents and won the tournament. Even at his age his level an skill never let him down even against men half his age.
As he removed his helmet and wiped the sweat from his brow, he felt a surge of pride and joy at the sight of you stood applauding his final victory your eyes wide with excitement. He hoped Garrick had got the message to Cece that he wanted to meet with you later that night in the eastern tower.
*******
As the whole castle slept you creeped through the dark corridors all the way to the eastern tower a tall candle lighting your way. You climbed the steep stone steps to the top opening the door to the small room, you thought maybe Price had changed his mind as it was empty but then from the shadows he appeared his dark blue eyes as if light from behind greeted you from the dark.
“I thought you’d changed your mind” you placed your candle on a near by dresser.
“Never…” he closed the distance between you in one stride, his arms wrapping around you pulling you back tight to his chest his face buried in your hair.
“You did well today, I heard the king singing your praises and you made a lot of men very rich by the way” you rested your hand on the back of his head.
“I don’t care about making other men rich and I’d take you singing my praises over the king any day” he mumbled the words into your hair.
“Don’t let the king hear you say that…or my father for that matter…he still wants me married off to sir Luke the one with the highland cows” Your words made Price step back he hated when you spoke of your fathers numerous attempts at marrying you to the highest bidder, it caused his heart to ache and blood to boil.
“Sir Luke can gladly fuck off…” Price scowled at even the repetition of the name.
“Never mind all that…..what was it you wanted to show me?” There was that child like excitement in your eyes again, your hands clasped together tight.
“Sit down” he guided you to sit in the small seat by the candle light, the glow illuminated your face and it almost caused his heart to cease, you were the most beautiful creature he had ever had the grace to lay eyes upon and here you were entertaining an old fool of a man.
Price handed you a small velvet box. Inside was his gold signet ring, his family crest engraved on the front.
“I know this is not nearly as beautiful as your handkerchief," he said, "But I hope you'll wear it in some form as a symbol of my love for you” as he spoke you took the ring from the box and slipped it on to your ring finger holding your hand up to admire how it looked in the candle light, you smiled at him, your best smile only reserved for him, it made his heart pang back to life in his chest.
“It looks rather nice on that finger doesn’t it?” Your smile turned to a grin. Price gave you a small smile, he would love nothing more than to slip a wedding band onto your finger, fully an finally claiming you as his an him yours, for the whole kingdom to see, but that was a new kind of war he hadn’t yet planned a strategy for, but for now he simply agreed with you.
“It does my love…it truly does” he held your hand up kissing it just below where the ring sat.
******
You had both been talking for hours entangled on the old ornate lounger as the tall candle was now just a wick fighting to stay alight.
“You better get back to your chambers mlady…I’m sure Cece will be thinking I’ve had my wicked way with you…” Price nuzzled his face into your neck his beard tickling you.
“I’m sure she will be climbing the walls, that or hunting poor Garrick down!” You laughed at the thought as you made you way to the door Garrick was a highly decorated knight and had fought in many battles but he was terrified of little Cece.
“Will I see you tomorrow?” You looked back at him.
“I’ll make sure to find you, maybe I’ll escort you on you afternoon ride? Cece permitting” He bowed his head taking your hand in his again to kiss it. You longed for his kisses on other parts of your body. Parts that made your skin run hot an heart to beat loud like a drum.
“I’d very much like that…” you made your way down the steep steps the cold wall guiding you down.
“Good night mlady” he bowed his head once more. This parting ways was always bittersweet as now you had to return to your respective roles only offering small glances an secret smiles across crowded rooms. Price watched as you made your way back to your chambers the glow from the moon lighting your way. Though it pained him, he knew you would hold his token of love close to your heart an he yours.
You’ve been teleported to a magical realm called Saligia, enrolled in their Academy, and given a dorm room.
Since this scenario of waking up in bed to find a man next to you has happened in the CoD stories a few times and the game doesn’t give the players options to choose how to react, I wondered if it was put into a poll with reaction options what people would choose.
If you would respond differently depending which CoD consort it was then feel free to post that in the comments.
more court of darkness headcanons cus I just thought of them☆
No litgit nothing prompted this, I'm literally taking a shit rn-
Cuddling with your paramour♡
*Random order*
Lynt💚
He's just a cuddler in general♡
Just loves having you close to him
Sleeps exponentially better with you in his arms
You are each others blankets.
Either he's on top of you or you're on top of him, no in between
Will trap you in his arms.
This mf is skinny and barely eats, it's scary how strong his hold is on you
He'd be dead asleep and you still can't crawl your way out
You'd deadass be wanting to pee and he'd still have you locked in, even if he wakes up and finds out you need to pee, you are not going to the bathroom by yourself I'm sorry, he won't let go
He's like a big boney teddy bear tho🥺🥺/j
Knight💙
So scared the first time you shared a bed
Was deadass on the very edge of the bed damn near falling off and still wondering if you had enough space
Was also afraid if you didn't like to be touched when you sleep so he was like curled up in a ball until you physically had to tug him over to you
Once yall got comfortable he was alot more natural
yall hold hands in your sleep♡
yall just sleeping with yall fingers laced together, holding tight enough you couldn't be separated if you tried❤
Big spoon.
Will not let himself be little spoon, HAS to be big spoon
Don't matter if you bigger than him or smaller then him, he is big spoon.
Will panic if he wakes up and you're not there, but finds out you just went to make breakfast for him and his heart melts♡
Fenn💜
You don't even get a choice whether or not you wanna cuddle he'll have his hands on you one way or another
One of those things where you're just like 'oh...alright then, not what I asked for but I like this too'
Will genuinely have trouble sleeping if you're not in his arms
Likes when you lay your head on his chest
Fingers will in fact wonder, however nothing more than harmless touches
If them touches become a little less then innocent just smack him and tell him to go to bed
Toa💙
A little stiff at first tbh
Not used to 1. sharing his bed and 2. being this close to another person nonsexually
Gets use to it quickly
Just wants to hold you
He likes when you fall asleep on his stomach while hes reading in the evening before bed
I mean he likes when you're on top of him in genera--
Roy💛
Has no particular preference as long as your comfortable
Can actually sleep in any position
Likes being big spoon and little spoon
likes having you as a backpack*cough* nipples on his back *cough cough*
First time he let you be big spoon it happened to be kinda cold so..
He was like yk what this is nice😼
Loves waking up to you in the morning♡
"Good morning Heartspell~"
Lots of pillow talk
Will drag things out until he absolutely needs to get out of the bed
Morning sex.
Guy❤
Another that won't really give you a choice, you just are going to cuddle
There's no 'let's cuddle' or 'go to bed', he'll just take you there and you'll be so confused until he's like 'aren't you coming🤨'
Guy is secretly a baby.
Don't even try getting out of the damn bed before him, he'll be in a bad mood the rest of the day
Acting like you were tryna leave him like no n👨🏿🦲gga I just need to shit
Tino💚
So cute
Forehead kisses before bed
Defaulted to spooning but likes when you lay on top of him
He likes being able to see your face but prefers to spoon you
Big spoon cus he thinks you just fit so perfectly together, like two puzzle pieces♡
Loves when you lay on top of him, between his legs, dick on your stomach and everything
The dick on stomach part is important.
Lance♡
thought people only cuddled after sex-
thought you were tryna start sum
I mean you were bout it but--
Affectionate neck kisses>>>>>>
Will sacrifice the circulation in his arm for you.
Likes laying facing each other, legs tangled up together
His morning voice😩😩>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Tiredly whispering sweet nothings to you while half asleep
TIRED LANCE SUPREMACY‼‼
Morning sex.
Grayson💛
Sleep talker but it's cute
Mumbles your name or words of affection in his sleep
Will either fall asleep on da breast or with a handful of breast, no in between.
likes laying on top of you
At first he was like 'am I heavy🥺🥺🥺' now it's just automatic
You're gonna look at that man and tell me he doesn't like boobies🤨🤨
Perfect pillows, perfect stress balls
We love a titty lover😤✊🏽
If we talking more specifically to me then top surgery scars. He'd give each a nice kiss before bed and settle for a pillow until you're healed♡
BOOBIES SUPREMACY‼‼
Big boobies, small boobies, no boobies, all boobies
If you're insecure, he'll hit you with a 'boobs are boobs😐 goodnight☺️🖐🏽🍒'
A tittys a titty and imma take em😼😼
Rio🧡
Cuddling is his default
Will in fact sacrifice his comfort for yours
Want him to lay on top of you? he will lay on top of you
Want to lay on top of him? he'll let you lay on on top of him
Secretly loves being little spoon-
This man is tall and fucking buff, this man is literally huge but guess what, he wants you to hold him.
Loves being big spoon cus it feels like he's protecting you but being little spoon just does something to his heart♡
Sometimes can't deal with being big spoon cus sometimes you'll push back on him a little too much and then suddenly he's horny--
Dia💚
Surprisingly nonchalant about it
However is actually screaming inside.
Never really directly cuddling but you wake up in each others arms
It was just meant to happen
if you're in his bed, best believe he took a nice extra long shower
It's not even like he's expecting anything he's just nervous
What if you laid down next to him and he smelled like dirt
After the first time he's cool tho
He deadass just gets in bed and opens the covers, that's your invitation.
Little spoon asf
He likes when you rest you head on his back
He just likes when your arms are wrapped around him♡
If I remember correctly Dias bed is against the wall
yall sleep facing the wall.
Violet💜
God I love women so much.
Violet sleepover??😳✂️✂️
Anyway, Violet would hold on to you for dear life-
Similarly to Lynt that girl is not letting go
But yk what I'm ok with suffocating between her breasts, that sounds like a happy death
Cuddling with Violet is actually very comforting
I feel like she has a very nurturing touch
Very protective
She makes sure you're comfortable before falling asleep herself
call me when they give Violet a route cus I will be waiting.
Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sor--
Thoma🧡
Petition to give Thoma a consort path go-
I love Thoma so much I wanna kiss him on the lips😥❤
I feel like Thoma sleeps wide like sprawled out on the bed, like taking up all the space
The only chance to cuddle him is to be on top of him
like you just crawl onto his chest and get comfortable
But if you're with him he might curl into you a bit
Still wide but yk he has a hand on your back or with his arms around your middle
Sleeping with Thoma would be very calming
After a long day you just craw into bed with him and are just lulled into sleep by the sound of his slowing heartbeat
Omg I wanna see Thoma without his ponytail
I wanna play with his hair
If Thoma doesn't get a route I'll cry, like I'll literally start sobbing rn. /j but actually /srs
Sherry💛
I love women.
Sherry do you wanna makeout--
Sherry would be so soft with you omg
She's just doting on you before bed
Makes sure you had dinner, did your night routine, always makes sure you have a glass of water
I love her so much I wanna get married😥❤
Sherry sleeps with her head on your shoulder curled into your side with an arm draped over your stomach
Yall lowkey be holding hands in your sleep
I can imagine Roy or someone coming to check on her and yall just curled up together fast asleep and holding hands, and it's just the most heartwarming image ever
Oh my god my heart hurts😣💞
We should all be in agreement that Sherry needs a route by now
We're all gay- and it's pride month too that's homophob--
You can call me Wistful. I’m a she, and an 100% INFP and proud of it. Ask me if you want to know anything else.
I am obsessed with Court of Darkness. 😍😍
Like to an extreme extent, so I’m really excited to jump in and be involved with the fandom. Send me any asks and I’ll happily answer if I can.
I’m game to talk about the game, story events (9/10 times I read ALL the routes because I can’t let one go by without reading it), or theories, or character analysis, or discuss their arcs (I’m obsessed with character arcs.) Pretty much anything related to CoD.
I desperately love Toa. Hands down would pick him every time. ❤️
But other three favorites aree: Lance, Guy, Fenn.
Those four have the most fascinating character arcs, backgrounds etc to me and their stories tend to give me the most LOLs which is important to me, because I believe laughter is medicine.
I do love them all though. (Okay, except Jasper. 🤢)
I'm in the mood to try my hand at some fanfics, so let me know if you have a request, I'll see what I can do ☺️
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If you want to send me requests, here are some of my do’s and don’t’s. (I’ll have to update if I think of more.
Will Do:
One-word prompts (I love these)
Dialogue Prompts (also adore these)
Drabbles
One-shots
Fluff
Slow Burn
Love Triangles
Angst
Nopes:
NSFW
Cheating
None consent
Anything illegal or morally wrong
Follow that same train of thought and it will lead you to the rest. LOL
aww this knights au is giving me so many feelings!! Haven’t stopped thinking about it all day! An because I’m an angst son of a gun what is one of the bad endings to this amazing spin off? 🖤
Haha oh I’m glad I’m not the only one…I do love some good angst sooo here is one of the sadder ways this could go….
Imagine Tank marries Luke an Price just spends the rest of his days watching over her, watching her be a dutiful wife basically still loving her for the rest of his days…watches her become a lady of court, become a mother, teaches her sons how to fight like real knights, there are rumours the twins are his…and not Luke’s
she loves him still, he loves her, they still share little glances, little love notes…sometimes more…but as always war is never far away an Price has an army to command….he goes to war, he still writes to her…but then during one battle an arrow strikes him down and mangled in with the chain Mail is her silk handkerchief pinned to his chest by the arrow….he dies on the battle field images of her dance across his mind as he takes his final breath her name in his lips….back at the castle Tank is resting under a tree rubbing her newly swollen belly, watching as the twins play knights fighting over who gets to play “knight commander price” when all of a sudden a chill runs up her spine a tight feeling in her chest as if she has been struck…she looks out into the distance…something horrible has happened…..
Can you please make a post roasting the valets/Dias demon outfits ❤️❤️❤️❤️
*Breaks out marshmallows for additional Court of Darkness demon roasting
Tino: *Takes demon wings out of dryer, only to notice they’ve shrunk* M-maybe if I look extra stern, no one will notice!
Jasper: Radioactive raptor back claws, activate!
Grayson: Hey, if you only had one visible eye, you too wouldn’t be able to fully button your shirt. Or have fully intact wings.
Knight: What you mean you need two wings to fly?!
Dia: If I wear this ribbon near my neck that looks like a four-leaf clover, maybe I’ll get lucky and not have to participate in this Halloween event anymore…
Bonus roasting…Guy!
Why is Guy smiling like that?
Because he’s identified where the missing shoulder pad and fingers of his gloves are?
I wonder what Knight would think of almond milk? And soy milk, cashew milk, coconut milk, oat milk, walnut milk, hazelnut milk, macadamia milk, flax milk?
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this until today.
I don’t like plain cow’s milk. I don’t want to drink that. I will drink almond milk.
I wonder if they have soy milk, almond milk, cashew milk, coconut milk, oat milk, etc. in the Magical Realm of Saligia and what Knight would think of it?