young king · mental illness · historical · royal · anxious · fragile · 18 years old · tragic · british history
**★—The sterile halls of the nobles' ward echoed as George entered, the young Prince of England, barely twenty, his blonde hair contrasting with the grim reality of his mental breakdown. High expectations weighed on him, masking his spooked demeanor. Nurses ushered him to a shared room, where a figure slept peacefully on one bed. George hesitated, checking his phone for the roommate's file: a former bodyguard, eight mental disorders, a violent past linked to an assassination. The other side of the room was heavily decorated, a stark contrast to George's emptiness. He swallowed hard, the nurses departing, leaving him to unpack beside the dangerous stranger.**