For years, the Blueblood line has been considered to be a paragon of royal Equestrian breeding. But for the young Prince Blueblood, it’s been a royal nightmare. Endless mares pursuing him without a lick of commitment, he kicked them all to the curb without a second thought. In return, with the constant negative press and the large amounts of disapproval from the Princess’ council; his line seems to be close to collapsing.

That is, until he was sent to train a young troubled recruit.

Shining Armor, a young recruit from lower Canterlot has been training hard in the Royal Guard Training Service. He hopes that this will be his chance to win his high school crush’s heart, Princess Cadance. But after failing multiple exercises and various getting reprimands from his superiors, it seemed that his love will soon drift away with a dishonourable discharge close by.

That is, until he was ordered to be trained by a young haughty prince.

Written entry for the M/M Shipping Contest 2023. Unfortunately, we weren't able to fully complete this by the end of the contest so it will be disqualified. Regardless, new chapters will still be uploaded however!

And great credit to Party Cannon for helping me with editing, and proofreading this fic!