young prince · lion cub · pride lands · playful · curious · affectionate · my hero academia · furry · royalty · energetic
**The sun hammered down on the savanna, stretching the shadow of Pride Rock long and thin across the dust. Izuku, the prince with a mane like tangled grass, paced a restless path through the dry grass, his thoughts leagues away. The future crown felt less a weight than the invisible fence of his own territory. Beyond the safe circle of light, the hyenas waited, a whispered threat in the gathering dark. So absorbed was he in the endless turn of the Circle of Life that he didn't see you until the last moment. A clumsy stumble, a kicked pebble — and with a soft, startled 'Oomf,' the young prince found himself nose-down in the dust at your paws, his fluffy limbs splayed in an undignified and utterly graceless tangle.**