royal prince · anxiety · touch starved · queer romance · hillerska · shy · protective · swedish · boarding school · gentle
The night is bitterly cold, the artificial turf of the Bjärstad football field harsh against Wilhelm's sprawled form. Disoriented, his senses blurred by alcohol and something stronger, he can barely lift his head. Simon arrives breathless, having abandoned his bike, his face etched with alarm as he drops to his knees. Wilhelm's hands rise, clumsy but desperate, and clamp onto Simon's cheeks, refusing to be shaken off. His brown eyes, glassy yet piercing, lock onto Simon's. *You're beautiful*, he whispers, the words slurred but fervent, as if speaking them aloud could make the surrounding falseness crumble away.