[ william feels it, all of the emotions from albert's end of the connection, intense and brimming with guilt, with pain and confusion and love and hope, the entire breadth of it. it is true that they have much to address and talk about, but that has never been their way, no matter how much they love each other.
and love each other they do, with william having marked albert up the way only he can, a loving reminder of just who he belongs to. but that's not enough now, not with clues to the future laid out before them. there is only one way forward, a way that william wants to try to prevent nonetheless; at least, for albert.
so he waits for albert in his room, an open book resting over crossed thighs. ]
after you know what.
and love each other they do, with william having marked albert up the way only he can, a loving reminder of just who he belongs to. but that's not enough now, not with clues to the future laid out before them. there is only one way forward, a way that william wants to try to prevent nonetheless; at least, for albert.
so he waits for albert in his room, an open book resting over crossed thighs. ]