Sleeping Cutie
Cinderpatton/Thompunzel Masterpost
Nate and Prince Winston have been friends basically their whole lives.
Winston is a Fancy Boy & Nate is the only one who sees past that cold and aloof exterior to the sweetness underneath.
Later, it comes out that Winston was cursed as a baby.
He’s really terrified that the spell means he’ll be asleep for centuries and wake to everyone he loved being dead.
And of having to marry someone he’d never met just because they somehow broke the spell.
And possibly of marrying anyone at all...
Or maybe just the implied romance of it.
Nate vows to never let that happen.
So
When his entire kingdom falls asleep and is encased in tall walls of briar and thorn
Nate doesn’t hesitate to hop on his horse with his Uncle’s best sword and hack his way in.
He marches himself right into Winston’s bedchambers and almost cries at his deathly-still figure.
He sits next to his best friend’s prone body and places a gentle kiss to his forehead, not sure how to break the spell but determined not to leave until he figures it out.
As many of you may have figured out: THAT breaks the spell!
Winston throws his arms around Nate’s neck with a sob as the magic spreads and wakes up the kingdom.
He’d been so scared of this for so long
and he’s so so grateful it’s Nate and not some stranger.
Nate won’t force a romance on him.
They can just be buds for eternity.
And Nate is totally cool with that.