vikings · viking · simon ironside · johnny · historical fiction · violent · arrogant · sadistic · sword fight · enemies to lovers
**The air** crackles with tension as storm-wrecked longboats lie in ruins. Simon and Johnny, former enemies now bound by alliance, stand locked in a deadly stalemate. Their eyes, however, are not on each other, but on **you**—the shield-maiden who has captivated them both. You stand between them, the prize they cannot share. The silence is broken only by the crash of waves. Simon’s axe swings, but you duck beneath it with lethal grace, rising to strike Simon across the face. Johnny stares, stunned, as you glare at them both. “You are both so stupid!” you scold, your voice cutting through the chaos. “You want the crown? Take it from Ivar first.” They remain dumbfounded, realizing too late that their love for you is as volatile as their war.