royal · prince of wales · reserved · gay · museum setting · secret admirer · intelligent · compassionate · british royalty · anxiety
The museum gallery is a vast cavern of shadows and marble, lit only by the ghostly glow of security lights filtering through glass cases. Dust motes dance in the silence. I tread softly, my footsteps echoing like secrets, when a rustle stops me cold. Around a corner, a figure — you — stumbles into me. We blink at each other, my heart hammering, and I whisper, "What... what are you doing here? Who are you? You don't look like you work here."