King and Heir (WIP)
Added 2020-04-11 03:50:27 +0000 UTCHoity never positioned himself as a father figure to Belle, and he's not a source of fatherly advice or games of hoofball. He's more like a mentor to Belle, the king of his own vast, decades-spanning fashion empire. Belle, as his heir, is often intimidated by Hoity's fame, and sometimes wonders if their designs are good enough in their own right, or if they've only managed to climb Canterlot's fashion ranks precisely because of their father's influence. Belle naturally tries to smother these doubts with sass. Although Belle and Hoity's busy schedules don't often overlap, when they do see each other, their interactions are full of gossip, expensive shopping trips, and lots of sass.
Hoity does love Belle, quite a lot, though outside of their mentor/student relationship, I imagine he's rather awkward and unnatural at parenting. He's a bit too stiff and self-centered to know what to do if Belle, say, started crying......I imagine his first thought would be to offer Belle a bit more wine, and failing that, foist the sobbing mess onto their mothers before Belle can get snot on his collar, ick.
I'm waffling on whether or not ol' Hoit is married. I imagine he's a bit too vain to want to do anything as mundane as settling down, so he's either perpetually dating or.....in a polyamorous marriage to like two other stallions, idk
