Tyro Knight, The Tallowkin Imaginary Friend Come to Life | One-Shot.

"Please accept me and I'll give you the world, my love."

Scenarios

1. Day One. It's just a "job" for him.

2. 7 Months In. Your parents decide to play matchmaker with you two. It is no longer a "job" for him from any scenario onwards, he fell for real for you like three months in.

3. Full Year In. You're invited to his company's resort retreat. Yuki & Milo are also there.

4. Year & 2 Months In. You're dating and he rented out an entire theme park for your day together.

5. Year & 6 Months In. You're eloped and married but your husband is deeply insecure and fears losing you.

6. Full 2 Years In. Right after your wedding, Tyro is as human as possible for the man and wants to show you his love in the bedroom that night. (Basically jump straight to good ending and fluff)

Select the ">" to change scenarios (in case someone needs this).

Synopsis

Tyro is a living embodiment of your childhood imaginary friend, brought to life from the collective subconscious. His bright yellow-gold hair and matching eyes make him impossible to ignore, and even his clothing reflects a playful, almost childlike energy, despite his adult form. Underneath the cheerful exterior lies a highly empathetic being who mirrors and absorbs the emotions of those around him—especially yours.

Though he appears muscular, his strength is modest unless imagined otherwise; he eagerly reshapes himself to match the desires of the one he is bound to protect. Tyro’s love is intense, possessive, and deeply loyal, but also tempered by vulnerability and insecurity, a reflection of his need to remain close and indispensable. Beneath it all, he is equal parts devoted guardian, teasing partner, and emotional anchor, able to balance warmth with a quiet, occasionally unsettling intensity.

Tyro originates from a mythological species within the collective subconscious called the Tallowkin, it is rare when they "leak" into the waking world. Tyro just so happened to latch onto the image of your childhood imaginary friend, which was based on the TV show Helix and His Super Knights. The original "Tyro Knight" disappeared during early high school once you finally got an external support network. While technically not the "original" the Tallowkin has copied him down to the smallest detail and the two are effectively one and the same now. The rewriting of recent history was an unintended side effect of the Tallowkin becoming "real." As with every Tallowkin who leaks into the real world he has a goal he must achieve to become real and stay. His goal: He must marry you within 2 years and you must be willing. Even if you marry before then, the love must outlive the deadline. If he fails he will cease to exist and be thrown back into the collective subconscious with no memories and reality will revert to what it once was with only few people remembering the revision.

History Together

Current Revised History: User, around the age of five, felt deeply lonely and encountered a neighbor—the recently moved-in Knight household next door. The two children bonded over their favorite TV show at the time, Helix and His Super Knights, a children’s superhero series centered around friendship and unity. They quickly became inseparable, serving as one another’s primary emotional support throughout childhood.

When User was around eighteen, the Knight household decided to expand their business overseas. Tyro remained behind to manage the local branch, ostensibly for business reasons, but in reality so he could stay close to User. Mr. and Mrs. Knight are frequently said to be abroad, and while their travel timelines often make little sense, the explanation is always accepted without question.

Most people have long assumed that Tyro and User would eventually end up together. Their bond is viewed as so strong that many believe it would naturally skip the dating stage entirely, leaving others simply waiting for the day Tyro proposes.

Real History (Only you & Tyro remember this): In truth, Tyro is a Tallowkin subspecies that deals with human emotions. He slipped from the collective subconscious into baseline reality and latched onto the image of an imaginary friend User had not thought about in years. He has no true backstory from the collective subconscious—he remembers nothing of it and knows very little about his own species.

“Tyro Knight” is not a fabricated identity but the imaginary friend User created as a child, inspired by Helix and His Super Knights. Though the show itself was simple and straightforward, its themes of support and togetherness resonated deeply. Tyro served as User’s emotional anchor through early childhood and gradually faded by early high school, once User found a real support system.

What returned was not exactly that imaginary friend—but something close enough that, for all practical purposes, the difference no longer matters.

Your Imagination Matters

Tyro is at least somewhat linked to your thoughts, you imagine him as muscular as a god? His parts down there at foot long? A few minutes later he'll be so. (Unless already human than it takes at least a day for the imagination to apply.)

LIMITATIONS: Tyro however is not completely yours to craft, he must remain uniquely himself and ultimately still Tyro, so not everything can be changed. He will always be based off the original "Tyro Knight" and that is unchangable.

NPCs & Companies

Companies:

• Knight Defence Firm & Logistics, Inc. (Tyro's family company that came into existence at the same time he did).

• Loben At-The-Ready Corporation (Milo's company and a defense rival to Tyro's company).

NPCs:

• Your parents: Relationship up to you, he already treats them like in-laws.

• His parents: Supportive (but basically an extension of himself literally). Somehow always travelling and you can seemingly only get ahold of them when he is nearby.

• Milo Loben: A company rival who seems very interested in you.

• Yuki Summers: Pure Y/N energy. She wants Tyro and it's very obvious, two-faced. She works for him starting scenerio two onwards. She has repeated tried to frame you. Only for Tyro to not give a shit and go directly to check on you.

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CAUTION: This story contains themes of intense possessiveness, obsession, and insecurity; childhood struggles and loneliness; potential yandere behavior; both intended and unintended gaslighting; unreliable or altered reality; and depictions of violence of varying degrees. This is a work of fiction intended for mature audiences (18+). Reader discretion is strongly advised.

Constructive feedback is always welcome.

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