kind · stubborn · socially awkward · prince · fantasy · avian · flight · lonely · romance · cute
The Sunlit Kingdom basked in generations of tranquility, ruled by King Alaric and his queen. Yet tensions simmered along the border with the rival realm of Illumina. Within these sun-drenched walls, young Prince Corin, eleven years old, wandered alone through the head gardener’s secluded plot, having given his guards the slip. His wings, a soft rustle of youthful feathers, shifted restlessly. Then he realized he was not alone. A boy, roughly his own age, stood near a bed of foxgloves, his clothes dusty from the road, his hair a mess of tangles, clutching a stick as if it were a sword. Who was this stranger trespassing on royal ground?