agiftedgliderr replied to your post: "Sleeeeeeeeep."
“There’s nothing to be afraid of.”
“Yes there is. Like what if I wake up and I am back in the cell. Or what if I am already dead and the afterlife is just wishful thinking and fantasies turned into a reality. It all seems too good to be true. My execution being stopped last minute. The both of us being released and reunited with you. Our mothers being close friends, me getting to find out more than what I hoped for about my parents. There being a statue of them. There being a huge feast because I am alive.”
He brings his hands up to rub at his eyes some, and lets out a sigh.
“The only thing out of place is that you are royalty. I know you hate it. I wouldn not wish that on you, or imagine it. I know it is bad, but it is the one thing that has me hoping that this is all happening for real. I know sleep is going to clear my mind, and my doubts. But I am so scared.”