'Stay.. please.'
Alan hadn't even gotten two steps away from the bed before he heard him, his voice small and scared. It was enough to melt his heart and break it all at the same time and suddenly, he felt the familiar urgency to care for and protect Eric. The kind he'd been feeling for months now but never knew whether he should've acted on them, or just ignored them. A prince deserved someone better than a street rat, after all. He didn't care at the moment, settling in between the shits and wrapping his arms around Eric's waist, his back warm against Al's chest. "I will baby, I promise. I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere.











