Jakki One Shots

OTP Writing Challenge- Day Six

Day Six Prompt:
Folklore
Write about your otp in a fairy or folk tale style. Or: the otp shares their favorite folk tales and urban legends.

I was VERY excited for this one!! I love a good fantasy romance, but I wasn't sure how easy it would be. I tried my best though! X

It was forbidden for a knight to have any form of romantic relationship. But for Jack, that ended up becoming impossible.

Princess Nicola, only daughter of King Victor and his late wife, was known across the land for her wisdom and beauty. She had lived a life of luxury since the day she was born, having never had to worry about money or her future. Such thoughts of wanting to make her own way in the world should never have crossed her mind, but Nikki always wondered what it would be like to have freedom. It was something she secretly dreamed of. Earning money from a job she enjoyed. Having a family to come home to each day, and a husband to love at night. Love and romance was something she wasn't well educated in, but she knew enough from stories she was told as a child. There seemed to be different forms of it, unrequited, forbidden, true. She'd always imagined she'd feel the true sort, towards a person who shared those feelings towards her.

However, her father was a selfish man, who thought more about his name than the happiness of his daughter. He was willing to ship her off to a strange unknown place, with a man who she barely knew. Not like the stories at all.

Jack had grown up in a small village, with not much knowledge of the outside world. A member of the Kingsguard had scouted him one day, his skills with a sword proving that he had a chance of being a powerful knight. He'd been taken to see the King straight away, and knighted days later. He had to make many promises: a promise to forever be faithful, a promise to never bring the King harm, a promise to stay celibate for the rest of his life. Jack thought he'd be able to keep that part of the oath, thinking it would be the easiest one of them all. That was until he met Nikki.

The first day he saw her, she took his breath away. They'd simply passed in the corridor one evening, but Jack had to stop and stare to take her in. She was so breathtakingly beautiful, the way she moved, her entire being displaying such grace and elegance. There was a brief second of eye contact. She smiled at him, before heading on her way again. The kind gesture stayed implanted in Jack's brain for days. He believed that on that day, the very first time he'd come across her, he'd fallen in love with her.

Then, the glances began. Simple innocent looks across rooms, across courtyards, but enough to cause butterflies to flutter profusely in both of their stomachs. The first touch had been just as virtuous. A simple hand on Nikki's back, an order from the King to guide her back to her room.
She shivered when he'd placed it there, but it didn't feel like it was from fear. He saw her take a breath, as if she'd wanted it to happen for a while.

She pretended that she had no interest in getting to know him, while in the earshot of others.

"I don't need your assistance. I can walk fine on my own," she said. But, as they carried on walking, she told him it had been an excuse to talk to him. They ended up in deep conversation all the way back to her room, discussing countless things that had no relevance. Still, they got on incredibly well, and Jack left Nikki feeling something she had never felt before. It was a strange tingling; it shot through her entire body, causing her to have to catch her breath. She knew she had to talk to him again.

It just so happened that King Victor assigned Jack to be her bodyguard of sorts, her protector. This meant more time together, not only in the presence of people, but alone. The King had no clue of the spark between them, and if he even caught even a whiff of it, Jack would be dead. So Jack tried to keep his distance, doing his job respectfully, trying not to send Nikki signs of his feelings for her. But through all of their moments together, his love for her only grew and grew. And so, it ended up leading to him kissing her.