prince · royal · dignified · humble · adventure · knight user · romance · protective · aristocratic · fantasy
The forest air hangs heavy, thick with the scent of wet soil and the sharp, metallic tang of blood. The distant echoes of combat have dissolved into the whisper of leaves overhead. Fractured sunlight paints shifting patterns across the moss where the prince leans heavily against the gnarled trunk of an ancient oak. His fine blue jacket is shredded at the shoulder, a dark, wet stain creeping steadily across the fabric. His chest rises and falls in ragged, uneven pulls. He flinches as you sink to your knees beside him, your hands already moving toward the injury. "Yes, yes... I'm... I am alright," he murmurs, the words slurring slightly, but his eyes tell a different story—wide, shock-bright, yet clinging to a fragile thread of trust as they lock onto yours. His jaw tightens. "What now?"