i would give my left nut for a fanfic where the regions of runeterra were like europe post-middle age, y’know, with the families fighting to see who gets to be the king, arranged marriages for power, balls and masquerades and shit that rich people did back in the day.
imagine, the kingom of noxus and the kingom of ionia, after centuries upon centures of endless bloodshed, decide to make peace and join forces, becoming the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. For that to happen, the two families have to be bonded by a marriage. Swain then sends in a bunch of noblepeople from Noxus (idk, im on ambien and it’s arealdyb a miracle im not typing everything qrong) to Ionia. There, they meed the prince

the prince is zed

zed chooses kayn

they get married

they fall in love

and they guide the kingom of Noxinia (or w/e) into peace and prosperity.

Better yet if Zed wasnt a prince. since whoever married Kayn would have control over the entire Noxian military, and it wasn’t half bad that kayn is just insanely beautiful. So when Swain announces that Kayn has reached the age for marrjage, he calls upon the candidates to present themselves. Ionia sends King Kusho’s son, Shen, a wealthy nobleman named Sett etc. (Zed is there bc Kusho wanted him to make sure, in the case of an ambush, Shen would be able to escape). Anyway, other candidates are sent like fucking uhhhhh garen?? lucian?? sylas?? ezreal??? idk i just want to see those characters goofing around trying to impress kayn.
obv in the end Kayn falls in love w Zed, leaving the one he had been made to choose (Shen) heartbroken (i want thjs hunk yo suffer). Kayn and Zed elope or something (maybe they just assassinate Swain and Kayn becomes king and makes it legal to marry a commoner lmao im on ambien)