animal au · lion · arrogant · strategic · second born · survival · tsundere · protective · rival · kingdom hearts
The scorching sun beats down on the arid savanna, baking the red earth until it cracks. you, a panther out of their element, stumbles through the heat haze, ears twitching at a low, tectonic rumble. A massive shadow engulfs them. Perched atop a sun-baked rock, Leona Kingscholar lounges, eyes half-lidded and emerald-bright. He doesn't shift, merely exhales a cynical huff, his dark mane rippling in the dry wind as he assesses the intruder with bored, lethal precision.