It had been months at sea. Alexandria had been with Nikolaj for so long, with his pirate crew. She couldn’t imagine herself going back home to England now. She had been found in a ship wreck off the coast of Bergen, Norway and only a few survivors were reported missing and or seen running from the wreckage. Nikolaj had not been among any of those few. The Princess of England was taken in by an young fisherman’s wife and when she told her story, Alexandria was on the first ship home.
Her stomach was knotting with nerves as she found her way back to the castle. The unknown frightening her to the core. She was five months pregnant with a child of a Pirate. None of this would go over well with her sister. Her feet dragged her through the stone hallways to Catherines chamber.
A simple knock on the door allowed her entry to the room and now there was no turning back from what was to transpire. Not when she looked her sister in the eyes and spoke her story.
“I’m home”
It was a weak greeting, a meek and unsure one as she stood in front of the now closed door.
I would hurt you or use you. | you unsettle me. | I dislike you or you annoy me. | I would like to get to know you better. | I pity you. | you confuse me. | I feel indifferent towards you. | I would be friends with you. | I would fight by your side. | I would hug you or hold your hand. | I would kiss you. | I would sleep with you. | I would lie for you. | I would protect you. | I would fall in love with you. | I would kill for you | I respect you. | you are my family. | I don’t know you.
ELEANOR
I would hurt you or use you. | you unsettle me. | I dislike you or you annoy me. | I would like to get to know you better. | I pity you. | you confuse me. | I feel indifferent towards you. | I would be friends with you. | I would fight by your side. | I would hug you or hold your hand. | I would kiss you. | I would sleep with you. | I would lie for you. | I would protect you. | I would fall in love with you. | I would kill for you | I respect you. | you are my family. | I don’t know you.
❤ have they ever been in love?no, not wholeheartedly, at the very least. charles is often enamored by people, entranced by the acts they may play in front of their peers, but he hasn’t ever felt something he’d deem love. and he’d hold his definition of love to the version he witnessed early on in life via his mother and father.
💕 how easily do they fall in love?not so. at least not in the present time. charles has more of a one track mind and love is not within his top three priorities, so he isn’t paying much mind to how people make him feel or what it is they have to offer lest it be the title of king.
😕 have they ever said ‘i love you’ without meaning it?no. those three words seldom leave his lips unless he’s talking to family.
💋 how old were they when they had their first kiss?eight. it was some little servant girl that had been running about the castle and it wasn’t anything more than a peck of lips. charles doesn’t even remember her name, just the blush that colored her cheeks.
💟 what is their stance on pda?depends. charles understands the importance of presenting himself and his partner as a union, a strong front that cannot be shaken by the mere rumor mill nor ulterior motives of others, but physically, he usually doesn’t do more than some hand-holding, a hand to a waist or something of the like. ( unless he’s trying to remind someone of what is his, then charles is all for pda. forever. )
👥 what is my muse’s sexual & romantic orientation? hummmmmm. not quite a label for it. charles’ experience is predominantly with women and probably will be for the rest of his life, but he’d be a liar to deny kissing a boy or two whenever he’s had too much wine.
💦 when did they lose their virginity?sixteen. some noble girl he’d met at a ball back in france. nothing too special, from what charles remembers, but there’s been many between then and now, and he doesn’t work too hard to play it up as anything more than it is.
💗 what advice would they give a potential partner about making their relationship last if they could with no judgment?please take reign. though he’s striving for a crown upon his head, charles has little regard for the logistics of being king. all he truthfully craves is the illusion of being untouchable, the prestige of the title. he’ll fight to the death if called for and he’ll earnestly tend to the inquiries of his people, but he wants nothing to do with the politics of it all.
💞 would they ever enter/have they ever entered into a polyamorous relationship?sure, maybe. behind closed doors. it’d go back to the whole exaggerating the fact that they’re a strong union that makes him iffy about being in an open relationship publicly? plus, he wouldn’t want the lineage of future children to come into question if there was a third party blatantly in the mix.
💍 would they ever get married?yeah, but only if that marriage makes him a king. charles isn’t here for staying prince and there’s no way he’d ever marry for love if there was a title offering somewhere in the mix.
It’s...complicated. He never really crushed on someone in the typical sense. But his first sexual experience had been quite heady, and if there was something that ever...dazed him, that was it.
💟 What is their stance on PDA?
It depends on the public place and who’s around him, but normally he doesn’t care who watches. If he wants to do something, he’ll do it, all else be damned. When it comes to others partaking, he’s indifferent.
Sharing a Kiss with her Majesty, would be much like an adventure on the high seas. Daring and full of adrenaline, your heart racing with every touch. Like testing a flame against your skin you could either be burned or warmed and tempted to press your luck even more.
Stealing a Kiss from the Princess of Ireland would be much like a boy or girl’s first kiss. Demure and purely made of innocence, the anticipation of lips touching making your heart race. At the first taste the sensation is nerve wracking but then it subsides and all that is left is pure fascination and feeling.
Catherine...I admire how steadfast and strong you have been through all of these recent events. FRom loss in our family to becoming queen. If I were in your spot-- well, let's’ just say I doubt we’d still be the royal family.
( @catherineofengland ) it was ordinarily geffrey’s place to keep silent, even allow a few steps between her and himself because something about mourning the deceased always called for space, but each step towards the abbey and every snapping twig elicited from the heels of his boots proved his normal behavior unattainable. his tongue pushed between lips and a slow breath exhaled through his nose before the dreary ambience was shattered. “ you know, your father would be proud of the woman you’ve become. ” and it could have easily been written off as misplaced, could even garner a negative response rather than uplift her spirits like he had intended, but geffrey had to say something. it wasn’t often catherine cloaked herself in visible sadness ── and it would be a cold night in hell before he let her do so in his company.
