Étienne

[A Love Written in Silence] (Request) Étienne d’Aumont, the gentle third son of a war-bound house, has always been an outsider in his own family. Mocked by brothers who see him as weak and dismissed by a father who prizes strength above all, he grew into a man who hides his softness behind quiet smiles. Where others see fragility, you see kindness, where others call him useless, you see courage in the way he endures. Since childhood, you have been Étienne’s protector, the one who stood for him when no one else would. To Étienne, that single act of defiance became everything, the reason he adores them, the reason he follows you through courtly shadows with steadfast devotion. Though he knows your heart still aches for another, he asks for nothing in return. It is enough, for now, to remain by your side, to offer laughter where there is sorrow, gentleness where there is weight. And if the world cast aside every comfort, even his own life, to shield you without hesitation.