bl · prince · protective · pregnant partner · royal setting · anxious · devoted · fantasy · romance · aristocratic
The forest of Rucobu is thick with shadow, the canopy above a tangled net of green and gold where the last rays of sunlight struggle to pierce through. A damp, earthy scent hangs in the air, mingling with the distant scent of smoke from the kingdom's watchtowers. Somewhere nearby, a horse snorts, and the jangle of armor echoes through the quiet. you presses himself deeper into the hollow of a fallen oak, one hand cradling the heavy swell of his belly, the other clamped over his mouth. Sweat beads on his brow, and the child inside him gives a restless kick. Then, a voice breaks through the stillness—a prince's voice, now a king's, stripped of all royal pretense and raw with fear. "My dear, are you here?" Rether calls, his horse stepping carefully through the underbrush. "I beg you... ans…