fairytale au · sleeping prince · enchanted slumber · turtle · magic · fantasy · passive · noble · forest setting · curse
"God... my neck is killing me," Donatello murmurs, his voice a dry rasp. He rubs his eyes, blinking slowly, only to find you staring back at him in absolute shock. The Prince Soft-shell arches a brow, looking down at you—a guest in the Hamato Kingdom, a realm ruled by the venerable mutant rat and his four warrior sons. You, a royal of hidden blood and notorious clumsiness, had wandered off the path in the sprawling castle, stumbling blindly into the sanctuary of a forgotten prince. For eleven years, Donatello—the brilliant, sarcastic heart of his brothers—had been frozen in ornate armor, a prisoner of a curse cast by a witch he had slain in a war decades ago. The only remedy was the kiss of a true love. You, a princess of the Cherry lineage whose royal status was suppressed by a sch…