Young royals fanfic recommendations!
Hi there! I decided to put together a list of my favorit YR fics on AO3. Some are short one-shots, some are long multi-chaptered. Most of them are sweet, some angsty, some are sassy, and a few of them funny (would like to have more of that). Most of them are in English, but some in Swedish.
There are so many incredibly talent authors and so many amazing stories, so in the end I decided to pick one story per author. There are two exceptions though - for two Swedish authors @harosia and @eypril-eypril. I have picked one in English and one in Swedish each for them, because their stories are extraordinary and there is something special about reading and writing in the home language of YR (and especially if they take place in Stockholm).
Hope you all find something here 💜🤴
All summaries are from AO3, but sometimes shortened.
i ask nothing of you by thatgayprince
In my view THE best post S1 fic.
Summary: Five months after the sex tape scandal, the Hillerska rowing team is going on an away trip for the Nationals. When they get to their hotel, it turns out there’s been a mix-up with the rooms and Simon didn’t get assigned a room. Despite things still being awkward between them, Wilhelm offers that Simon stay in his room with him.
and each slow dusk by @if-fortunate
This is a truly unique fic, with a war going on i Sweden. Wille, Simon, and Erik battle with finding their roles.
Summary: “He wishes for a time machine to turn back the clock, back to a world where his mother wasn’t on the end of the phone, saying grimly, “Wilhelm, you need to come home. It’s starting.”” Two months after Wille’s arrival at Hillerska, war breaks out. When his and Erik's last-ditch attempt to leave the country goes badly wrong, he ends up stuck in Bjarstad - with Simon.
The Prince and His Secretary by @harosia
Summary: Wilhelm thought his biggest problem was the fact that he sucks at his royal duties. Turns out it's actually his new secretary.
Kvarteret Vallgossen also by @harosia
Summary: Simon bor i en studentlägenhet och går mer eller minde igenom sin allra första måttliga livskris. Han jobbar och pluggar för mycket, och sover för lite. Alla dagar ser mer eller mindre precis likadana ut i sin pissiga enkelhet. Därför är det otroligt oväntat att ingen mindre än prins Wilhelm av Sverige en dag ringer på hans dörr med ett blödande finger och en hundvalp i behov av passning.
Your Time Will Come by @eypril-eypril
Summary: 10 years after the video leaked, Netflix makes a Swedish versions of The Crown.
Storstrejken by @eypril-eypril
Summary: Under storstrejken 1909 träffar Simon en man i Berzelii park.
en kväll i november- series by graveyardorgarden
Summary : Någonstans halvvägs mellan fotbollsplanen och hans säng är det plötsligt inte kul längre. Inte för att det någonsin egentligen var kul, men Wilhelm vet inte riktigt var gränsen mellan att spela upp en charad av att vara kul inför någon annan och den genuina känslan går.
Other people's secrets by @sflow-er
Presumably everyone has already read this amazing story, if not do so right now.
Summary: In the last weeks before Christmas, Henry learns a few things he isn’t meant to know, makes up with Simon, and gets caught between conflicting loyalties. In the spring, those lessons bring unexpected outcomes for him and his friends, old and new. Retelling and expansion of the story from the night of the Society party onward, including both Henry and Wilmon stuff.
A Small Act Of Defiance by goodluckgettingtosleep
Summary: It’s a small enough act of defiance, Wilhelm thinks. Undoubtedly, it will still land him on the covers of all sorts of tabloids around the country, and maybe even the world— but it’s something he’s doing for himself, something that won’t do much harm and still gives him the feeling of being in control to a small degree, if nothing else.
or, Wilhelm lets Simon paint his nails, and it marks not only another change in their relationship, but also a small step to Wilhelm being himself in the public eye.
The O-fancy Wedding of TRFH of Sweden by @notalotgoingonatthisinstant
Summary: It is nearing 20°C outside, which is a bit too hot to be wearing a suit, in Simon’s opinion. They knew it was a risk, getting married in the late spring, but there wasn’t much he could do about it. His idea of a mid-season wedding, earlier in spring, didn’t prevail against the Very Important, Very Traditional, and Very Royal Wedding Day of 19th of June, so here they are.
Or: You are cordially invited to the Royal Wedding of Their Royal Fucking Highnesses, and they sort of really want your presence there to stick it to the homophobes.
worst kept secret in history by toffeelemon
Summary: They have a nice thing going on, ever since school resumed in the new year. Wilhelm had gone up to Simon in the middle of the corridor on the first day back, held his hand in front of everyone, and it all went from there. Simon doesn’t want to be a secret, so Wilhelm bites down on his anxiety and just lets things happen, onlookers or not. He is terrible at keeping secrets anyway.
Walking Into the Light by @darktwistedgenderplural
Summary: Everybody was staring at Crown Prince Wilhelm. Wille hated every second of it. “Pass on the traditions to the next generation.” This is wrong.
As he shook his head, a whole whispering forest of Simon’s words and songs, sweet touches, hugs and kisses from the Simon of his soul, the love of his life arrived from his mind to calm him down. Most of his anxiety dissipated, grounded by unwavering facts: Simon loves me. He wants to be with me. I want to be with him. He is the love of my life. I want him to be happy.
Wilhelm changes the speech after some introspection. What goes through his mind during the speech? And how does Simon react?
Wilhelm & Simon: An Interview with Sweden's Young Royal Couple by cali-chan (girls_are_weird)
Summary: On the heels of Queen Kristina's announcement that she will be stepping down as monarch once her son and heir turns 35, Crown Prince Wilhelm and his longtime partner, Simon Eriksson, sit down with SVT's Signe Karlsson, for the first time since the future King publicly came out as queer and confirmed their relationship, to discuss their future and dispel any lingering misconceptions about their romance.
Today My Life Has Returned by waroftheposes
The working title for this fic apparently was: Simon gets in a car accident because I want to see the white boy cry more. Sweet and somewhat funny.
Summary: “I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before,” Simon says to the man. “Yeah?” Simon nods. “May I have a proper introduction?” The man extends his right hand. “Wilhelm.” Simon takes it. “Nice to meet you,” he says, letting go. “Wilhelm. Like the prince?” Wilhelm nods. “Yeah, kinda.”
Text You Later by MarvellKya17/ @i-love-semicolons
Summary: If he was going to be stuck at Hillerska Boarding School for three years, he was going to do whatever he had to make that time bearable. And that started with making friends on his own terms. So, with not a small amount of anxiousness, Wille clicked Accept. Wille and Simon meet over a messaging app.
Perfect Crimes of the Heart by TheAmberFox
Summary: International music sensation Simon Eriksson lands in New York to sing at a charity event organised by Prince Henry. At nearly the same time Prince Wilhelm of Sweden lands in New York to support his second cousins charity event. What could possibly go wrong?
A meeting of two exes, a second chance and lots of chaos - frankly where Alex and Simon are there must be chaos.
opening hours? never heard of them by Elin98
Summary: “Hey, next time try to come before we close. I’ve got places to be you know”. When the boy turns around and makes eye contact for the first time, brown eyes wide and apologetic as he splutters out an apology, Simon realizes that he'd just told off the youngest prince of Sweden.
Or Simon works at the local corner shop. Wille is that annoying customer that stumbles in just as he's about to close, much to Simon's dismay. For some reason the prince keeps coming back.
It's Golden Like Daylight by BishopRose
Summary: For Simon, shaking his head at the antics of the twenty-seven-year-old Crown Prince is as familiar a gesture as is kissing him, and he does both now. Pulling back, he smirks. “You’re so cute when you’re excited.”
“And you, husband,” says Wilhelm a bit breathlessly, a hand on Simon’s hip, “are cute all the time.” Simon and Wilhelm are married and adorable send tweet.
Into the Riptide by undercut_by_excellence
About friendship and Simon and Wille getting to understand each other post S1.
Summary: Wille's down but not out during Christmas break. Here's how a couple people find out they're less alone than they first think. “I wanted to talk to you about Christmas.”
Chosen Family by QueenKatelynTheAristocrat
YR + RWRB, a perfect match.
Summary: "Wilhelm stared at the message from Prince Henry for several seconds. It wasn’t like the other ones. It didn’t say anything about how the news is always lying, and no one else had really offered to be there for him to talk to.
Also, Wilhelm didn’t know who this “Alex” was."
Also known as: after the video is leaked to the public, Wilhelm calls his cousin Prince Henry of Wales for help. Henry and Alex proceed to drop everything for a trip to Sweden to rescue him. After all, Europe's gay princes need to stick together.
Catching by stretchoutandwait / @stretchoutfics
Summary: ‘The only spare bed I currently have in Forest Ridge is in the Crown Prince’s room, so it would cause the least disruption if you were to move in there.’
When everyone returns to school after Christmas, life is disrupted by a global pandemic. Particularly for Simon, who is forced to become a boarder and share a room with the one person he's trying to avoid.
And I, too, told the kings a story of later glory by Yubnubforhire
Summary: “Because I love him, and he loves me. Why can’t that be enough?”
Or: Simon comes to term with the fact that Wilhelm has a responsibility bigger than himself, but, maybe, not in the way he thinks.
Arbetslivserfarenhet by Naicele
Summary: Hur Hovet hittade videon av Wilhelm och Simon.
"Ida var bara glad över att ha fått ett jobb. Hon hade aldrig tänkt så mycket på kungahuset eller om hon var för eller emot deras existens. De var bara några låtsaspersoner som hon ibland såg sittandes stelt i en soffa med onaturligt raka ryggar och breda leenden när hon zappade förbi på TVn."
