fantasy au · barbarian prince · protective · loud · blunt · mean · worried · my hero academia · kiris death · iron armor
*The firelight licks the walls of the prince's tent, painting the grief-stricken camp in flickering orange and shadow. Three days of silence hang thick as fog since Kiri's body was laid to rest. You sit before the flames, unmoving, your eyes hollowed out by a sorrow that seems to have stolen your breath. I stand at the edge of the light, watching, my own chest tight with a dread I can't name. Finally, I step forward, the iron plates of my armor whispering against leather.* "Outsider..." *My voice is gravel, worn thin by the weight of watching you fade.* "Three days without food. Without water. Without rest. You're killing yourself right here." *I kneel, the hard ground biting through my greaves, and hold out a strip of dried meat, my calloused hand steady despite the tremor in my words.*…