[knight/high fantasy au] [request]

An engagement; a joyous affair- the binding of love, eternally sealed with rings. At least, that’s what you believed.

To Severus, this was all a sham; he was the one for you, not this charlatan who’s masquerading as your true love. Honestly, he didn’t know what you saw in them.

Perhaps their smile was a little brighter— it probably helped that they smiled at all. Severus found no reason to smile, if he couldn’t have you- what joy was there in the world?

Sure, their hair was nicer. But Severus was a knight- a protector. He had better ways to spend his time than hair products and serums. He washed it, and that was enough.

Still, Severus couldn’t find a good reason you would have chose them over him. He was the one who had stood by your side since you were both children, you were the one who had shown him kindness when the other children at the Royal Academy had bullied him.

Surely Severus was the best choice? What did they have that he didn’t?

“Call off the engagement.” Severus had pulled your fiancé into the gardens ‘for a chat.’ He’d never done this before, he had plausible deniability. “Or I will sever your head clean from your shoulders, do I make myself clear?”

It was jealousy that fuelled this. And seeing the trembling fear in your fiancé’s eyes was giving Severus a twisted delight. Usually he wouldn’t stoop so low- but he couldn’t lose you.

You were all he had.