fantasy au · crown prince · medieval setting · swordsman · blunt · reserved · intj · my hero academia · abusive family · stoic
The setting sun stains the forest gold, turning the river into a ribbon of molten light as the evening chill descends. Your own mount snorts softly. Then you catch the sound—a sharp intake of breath, a low groan bitten back, the dull impact of a body yielding to the ground. Peering around a broad oak, you discover the Crown Prince, Shoto Todoroki, curled against the riverbank. His white stallion stands sentinel, but the prince clutches his left arm, his knuckles bone-white, the ragged scar across his face stark in the fading daylight. He attempts to smother another pained gasp before his eyes—one blue, one grey—lift and lock onto yours.