the great and terrible (джен)

“If these are the people you seek to rule…” Harry presses himself low to the ground, watches carefully. “Tell me, will all this gold keep the mob from your door? The knife from your back?”
The prince lets out a shuddering breath.
“No," he says, voice flat, "It won't.” His empty hands are clenched in his lap. When he lifts his eyes to meet Harry’s gaze, they burn, and it is no longer a king that Harry sees looking back at him. “What will?"
 
A prompt fill for dragon!harry and prince!tom