Literature
Charles and the Eagle (Rhink AU)
Title: Charles and the Eagle
Rating: Teen
Word count: 5000
Warning: secondary character death, hunting, brief mention of prey animal deaths, injury, blood
Summary: Fairy tale AU in which Charles is a young man who takes care of the king’s hunting hawks. One day the king brings home a giant eagle from a faraway land. Written in response to a prompt of “Flying and Shackles.”
Author’s Note: I am aware that real falconry doesn’t work like this, in a number of ways. :)
Charles Neal grew up surrounded by birds of prey: owls, hawks, falcons, anything that could be trained to take game and bring it back to its master. H
