(reader is referred to as a princess, can easily be a swooning prince/swooning royal archetype. Only a little more princess centric because in the books princesses are known to swoon/faint easily)
Been thinking about this a lot recently. You know all those weird symptoms you have that make you various degrees of miserable and make basic functions way harder than they need to?? Maybe it’s eczema, psoriasis, generally having overly sensitive or acne prone skin. Or you have chronic pain. Or maybe your connective tissue is basically jelly. Maybe you feel like you were born with glass bones and paper skin. Or you get dizzy EVERY single time you stand up. Debilitating allergies. Immunocompromised. Digestive issues. Any and/or all of those. Throw in all the specific shit YOU experience that I forgot to even mention.
Yeah all that, the stuff you hate????
It makes it significantly easier for Tedros to find you in your world.
After struggling for months to find his true love, after combing through half the kingdom, searching far and wide for that one person who will just make it click, only for each maiden to be more shallow and pedantic than the last, he gets desperate.
He turns to Merlin. And he demands a quest to find his true love, wherever they may be, no matter how far or dangerous. And after weeks of forging through the unknown, defeating monsters and evil witches and blazing a trail through the most dangerous places no other heroes dare to travel through, he finds what he’s looking for. An ancient rune that can open a portal to his heart’s desire. So with his one blessed arrow, he draws his bowstring, and shoots. (Guess he’s literally… shooting his shot. I’ll see myself out lmao)
Which is how he ends up in YOUR world!!!! Probably right in front of you in your bedroom, weary from his journey but crackling with energy and adrenaline. He kneels, kisses your hand, there’s probably a little tongue in there too tbh.
Anyway you’re trying DESPERATELY to convince him that you’re not the princess or prince or royal or WHATEVER the hell it is he’s looking for, but he clocks your shit IMMEDIATELY.
“Not suitable for a prince? What on earth are you saying?” He chuckles, taking a step toward you, his armor glinting in the dull light of your room.
“You’re as beautiful as a swan, delicate as a rose… it’s clear as day that you belong adorned in silk, beloved by the people.”
His eyes are so raw, so honest when he says it (and also absolutely smitten) that you… hesitate. And then you start to get dizzy. But before you can even say ruh-roh, he’s already moving on instinct, pulling you into his muscular toned arms. His golden hair falls perfectly out of place as he catches you, picking you up bridal style with ease.
“You swoon like this, and expect anyone to believe you’re some sort of common folk?”













