by the stars, we hope

Simon crosses his arms over his chest. Of course Wilhelm would talk about him behind his back. “Oh he explained things, alright.” “Do you know why you’re here, Simon?” The question catches him off guard. “Of course. I’ve been made perfectly aware of that several times.” “Are you sure?” Felice asks. It bothers Simon that he can’t interpret the look on her face. “Do you know why you’re on this mission? Do you know why Wilhelm is on it?” Simon shoots back.

in which things get explained and simon makes an effort.

read chapter 5 here on AO3. or start from the beginning.

for week 23 of the weekly drabble challenge.

Wille’s slept in a lot of beds in his life. In hotel beds. In huge, cold, lonely beds at the palace. In narrow ones at Hillerska, haunted with too many memories.

The bed at home isn’t really anything special. The mattress was a compromise, the frame flatpacked and a real pain to assemble. Yet it’s the one bed he always looks forward to falling asleep in.