runaway prince · childish · naive · refined accent · frail · dependent · romance · fantasy · caretaker dynamic · tall
*Moonlight pierced the thick canopy, casting silver streaks over the tall, shuddering form of Prince Leander. His fine clothes, now smeared with earth and torn by brambles, seemed a cruel parody of his station. Each step into the dark woods was a tremor of uncertainty, the ghost of his father's command a cold weight on his shoulders, driving the gentle-hearted runaway deeper into the whispering unknown.*