#tancrede

Stills from Knightfall season 1 episode 1

icons of Simon Merrells in Knightfall (s2) as Tancrede de Hautville

Author note : Did I chose this gif because of his glorious torso ? Yep’ Did I regret it ? Absolutely not. 

Hello dear Anon ! Thank you for your request ♡ Since I didn't get specific gender I will use female pronoun since Tancrede seemed to be heterosexual (even if he got quite a chemistry with Landry) hope you don’t mind ! I did change the end of Tancrede because it doesn’t right to me (I hope you are okay with that). 

Warning : some spoiler from season 1 and 2 / Slight NSFW (it will be on italics if you’re not confortable to that just skip it ♡)

Gif doesn’t belong to me credits to the owner 

Despite a lot of his brothers, Tancrede wasn’t fool. He knew from the very beginning that no matter how hard he will work, he won’t be able to stop himself from sinning. Living as a monk is an everyday work. But Tancrede worked even harder to not to succumb to every challenge the devil will put on his road. 

Having a relationship with you was a challenge to him : he was a monk, he make vows of celibacy and chastity. But that was a battle he couldn’t win. 

Your first meeting was quite something : he just left the templar order (Landry gave him to the brotherhood of light) his body was a mess : it was clearly a miracle he was still alive when Rachid took his body to you. Your used to were an herbalist for the King Philippe. You were great on medical skills too. So when Rachid brought you this bloody man : you knew what you have to do. 

He already fall in love with a woman before,  but it wasn’t strong. To him, to his eyes, you were an angel : your entire body was shinny and your eyes seemed to him like the very secret to got to heaven. To be clear : he fell hard for you. After gaining some consciousness he thought the lack of blood made him feel like this : force him to broke his vows by loving a woman while he was supposed to be a monk so still single. Well that what he thought. 

You went back to check on him, this time he was able to talk with you : he knew it wasn’t the lack of blood. He knew he was attracted to you. During his whole mission with the brotherhood of light he always took a visit on you : so you could talk together. Both you started a relationship eventually. 

At first, it was easy : the membre of the brotherhood weren’t as strict as the templar when it came to women and relationship. Of course Tancrede wasn’t allowed to go to a whorehouse, but if he felt a connection with a women the brothers won’t stop him from seducing you (as long as you’re not became a danger for their mission). 

Tancrede used to be a carrying brother with his templar brothers, and attentive when it came to the brother of light. But with you, he was even softer : you were the most cherished woman of the whole France. 

There won’t be a day without Tancrede telling you how much he loves you or how gorgeous you are : espiecially when your hair wheren’t in ponytail. He didn’t have much money  (didn’t want more) so he won’t spoil you with material things : but time to time he will come back to your house with a bunch of flower claiming it reminded him of you. He is very romantic. 

Worship you, spoil you with compliment

Both of you are a sucker for a good teasing : it’s like you were made for each other, you were able to understand the other without speaking out loud. You didn’t believe in soulmate before now you do. Since he couldn’t wrote you letter he always went to see you during a mission (before or after) so you two can talk or share a drink. It was your very own moment. 

Because of his work, he couldn’t see you as much as he wanted to (especially because Landry had to believe he was dead) but everytime you got to see each other, he made sure he showered you with affection. 

He is a great cooker so when he got time he made you his favorite meal 

He took him a long time before being physical with you : You guy used to hold hands time to time, but he never kissed or hug you. It hurt you cause you were afraid he might disappear one day because he wasn’t interested on you anymore. You decided to confront him about it. So he told you the truth : for a very long your relationship weren’t a problem cause deep down he could still believe he didn’t break any of his vows : to him it was like you two were close friends. But the more he saw you, the more he felt desire for you. He wanted you and he was afraid of that. 

You were choked but you couldn’t blame him for his believe it was what attracted you in the first place but still both of you felt lust for each other : the man was so attractive and caring you couldn’t contain all the urge you have to him but you couldn’t force him to do something he didn’t want to. You decided to talk to him too and ask him what he wanted  for the futur. Both of you decided to take some distance from each other so you will be able to decide what will be for the best. 

Unfortunately it got worse : King Phillipe decided to start a war against the templar meanwhile Tancrede has joined the templar to help Landry defeated Pope Boniface. Then Tancrede joined the templars at Chartres and you thought you’ll never see him again. 

The truth is while bringing Landry’s daughter to a couvent, he took the chance to talk with Marie. He explained everything, he hoped she will help to make a decision about your relationship. She came with a simple sentence and yet a very important one « Follow your heart if you loved her then go » (of course she also told him this kind of life won’t be in harmony with a Monk like but if he did love you he had to do something). 

So after saying goodbye to Marie, Tancrede went to your house knocking at your door while being nervous. You opened your door and looked at him right into his eyes not knowing what you should do or say. 

All he did was bringing both of his on your cheeks and kiss you while making his way to your house and closing the door with his feet. Saying you were taken-apart was an understatement. You never thought he will even go back to you and now he was kissing like his life depended on. When he broke the kiss, he was looking like you to be sure you were agree with his action and be sure you still wanted him. 

« I thought - I thought you won’t come back » « That was the plan yeah …but I was a fool » «  I fool about what ? » « About believing I could live my life without you » 

You two decided to become a thing after Tancrede helped Landry to go back in the templar order. He couldn’t let his friends on his own while all he needed was his brother. You couldn’t fall harder for the man at this point. 

After being agreed on your plan, Tancrede got closer to you looking for another kiss : you teased him about not being able to stop. 

« Who said I wanted to stop ? » 

Before you could even realize, he has you on his lap  while being sit on the table. Your hands got to his hair while one of his hand were on your hips the other on your neck. Your heads tilted and in a second your lips were closed to his. In a second, Tancrede deepened the kiss, his tongue teased your lips  : you never so happy to let him in. Your tongue fought for dominance but you quickly gave up because having him so close to your body and feeling his hands caressing your body with such softness yet firmness was enough to make you moan against his mouth. 

He loved the sound of that and was ready to hear it again. 

Quickly you got your dress away from your body so did he with his tunic. You two stared at each other breathless : you knew he was a fighter but you didn’t expect him to be that hot, you saw yourself salivate at the prospect of touching him and making him yours. Him, he was astonished about how good you were looking : to him you were breath-taking. His mouth went on your neck while your hands went on his arm just to feel his muscle flexed as he got you closer to his torso. He gave you quick kiss all along your neck until he found your weak spot : he teased it first with his lips then when his teeth and when he got that gorgeous sound from you he groaned against your skin. Quickly he flipped you and got you on your back laying on the table was he was up on his feet, looking at you his eyes full of lust. 

After you two were exahausted, he gave you another kiss on your lips while promising you to see you as quickly as possible. 

In fact it took him weeks before seeing you, he got a lot to do and since he couldn’t write a letter to you he tried to see you everytime he was on a mission on his own or with Landry (who couldn’t judge him) 

One day he stopped seeing you, you were afraid something happened. Turns out Chartres was under attack with no one but Gawain an ex templar. Things went quickly and before you could even realize it you saw Tancrede and his brother walking on Paris’ street holding the woods for the stake. Your heart was broken at the sight of your beloved walking on the street like a criminal while all he was, was a victim from King Philippe’s anger. 

Seeing him on the strake kill you from the inside, you couldn’t believe your were about to lose your beloved for something he didn’t do. It was unfair : all you wanted was to scream it, hit everyone who were enjoyed it. It was a shamed they should be mortified. You weren’t a fighter and you never wished being one of them until now so you could fight all of them. So you could save him. When it came to Tancrede, he couldn’t stop looking at you, begging you in silence for staying still. He felt regrets : he will leave you on your own without having a chance to tell everyone how lucky he was to have you by his side and he won’t tell how much you mean to him and how hard he wanted to spend the rest of his life with you. 

Fortunately, fate didn’t abandon them : Some of former templar could escape including Tancrede. The following day were rude, you have to be cautious so anyone will suspect you. But at the end you and Tancrede were able to escape France on a ship with some templars. 

Dans le noir 

I admit that he may have been a reason I was excited about this show, loved him on Downton Abbey. But I have to admit, I have a weak spot for Simon Merrells (Tancrede).

If, big if, they leave it at 2 seasons they wrap it up well. Buttttt I need more! There are so many places they can take this. Plus, I think we deserve more Landry, just because.