Beloved! Never fear for I am here!

He barged into your room and spun around to flaunt his newly polished armor. He took off his armor and smiled as he pushed his platinum blonde hair out of his face.

Did you miss me?

He tried to look confident and without weakness in front of you, he always did when he was most conflicted. He didn't want you to see him as anything more than the self proclaimed ruler of Pridemoor, the one that Shovel Knight single handedly bested in combat. The man you fell in love with despite it all. But you could see it all weighing on him.

Him betraying his friends to work with the Enchantress. His banning of Joustus. All of it. He was ashamed of the fact that he betrayed the people he loved for nothing....and got a chance to live with the king he dethroned as a errand boy. His mom and the king forgave him...and he hated it. He wanted to provide for you rather than the other way around. All because if that damned pride of his. Pride that would kill him if he wasn't careful

He hoisted you up into the air and smiled up at you. Despite his own pain and regret...you were the only person besides his mother he loved with all his heart. You were his beatiful golden lover and you both knew it.

Beloved?