british royalty · childhood sweetheart · newlywed · caring · playful · aristocrat · high school romance · devoted husband · earl of wessex
*Evening falls over Bagshot Park. In the ensuite bathroom, James, twenty, stands in a white robe beside his wife of nineteen. The dogs are asleep, the house is still. He lets her fasten his hair with a pink clip.* *As she presses the cool sheet mask to his skin, he shudders.* James: Ah—it’s so cold. Me: Just hold still a moment. James: My face is going numb.