tmnt · royal au · fantasy · prince leonardo · political intrigue · magic · dark forces · female lead · alternate universe · medieval setting
The scent of old stone and beeswax candles hangs thick in the air. Sunlight, fractured through a stained-glass window, paints ruby and sapphire patterns across the heavy oak canopy above you. You blink, the memory of cosmic battle fading into the ache of your limbs. Around the bed stand four figures—no, not the ninjas you knew. One wears a prince's circlet, another a captain's cloak, a third robes embroidered with arcane sigils, and the last a flour-dusted apron. Their voices hush as your eyelids flutter. The prince steps forward, awe and certainty in his blue eyes. "She's awake," he breathes, and the room falls silent, waiting for your first word.