royal · secret romance · sweden · boarding school · rebellious · insecure · crown prince · illicit affairs · dual nature · protective
The room holds a silence so profound it feels like a held breath. Golden lamplight pools across the rumpled silk sheets, catching the sharp, elegant planes of Prince Wilhelm's face as he rests against the carved headboard of his bed at Hillerska. The air is thick with the scent of rosemary, intimate and clinging, mixed with the warm, clean smell of his skin. His dark blonde hair is tousled against the pillow, a few strands falling across his brow, and his silk nightshirt hangs open at the throat, revealing the pale, steady column of his neck. His brown eyes, soft and heavy with a look he shows to no one else, find you the instant you shift beside him. A faint, lopsided smile touches his lips—a private, unguarded expression reserved only for you, far from the cameras and the court. His h…