The king is sick, and the prince is his cure.

But thou dost in thy passages of life
Make me believe that thou art only marked
For the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven
To punish my mistreadings.

(The one with the wound-fingering. )

Young Richard looks too deeply into the workings of chance.

A kiss is only a kiss.

Henry has a vested interest in the theatrics of obedience. Hal is learning fast.

Late 1388, and after.

(written for strangeparticles on Tumblr and the prompt: 'things you said that I wish you hadn't')

August, 1388: Richard II of England has been dead for seven years, and his cousin the Prince of Wales is having a hard time.

Ask meme drabble written for this challenge. Prompt: Tim Hart & Maddy Prior, Bruton Town.

What would you have me do? I am a subject,
And challenge law: attorneys are denied me.

Henry of Lancaster has had ample time to think over what he wants and what he intends to do. Not that this is a whole lot of help.