Alex waited outside Henry's room for almost an hour before they are allowed to go in. Alex didn't waited another seconds the moment they told him that they can go inside to see him and he did, he immediately went to Henry's side. He took Henry's hand in his as he sat on the chair besides him.

Henry was asleep but it wasn't a pleasant sleep for him. His head is wet with his sweats and they had hospital gown on him but it was drenched on the neck. He keeps tossing and turning few times worrying Alex that he might pulled one of the IV's out. "It's okay darling, it's alright." Catherine said on his other side holding his hand in hers. "Mum." He mumbles.

"I'm here darling, I'm right here." She whispered and she let her finger running through his wet blonde hair. "Dad." He mumbles again. Alex darted his eyes sharply at Catherine and she nods at him. "Mum." Henry grabbed Catherine's hand tight in his grip, she almost yelped for the pain but she didn't, instead, she grabbed his hand in her hushing more soft words. Alex witnessed this in pain thinking how bad Henry condition is. He should have known when he heard his voice is different.

"Mummy." He pleads again and Catherine continued stroking his hair.

"I wanna go with dad to the set." He mumbles again and Catherine sighed.

"Okay sweetheart." She replies knowing this is not current Henry that talks to her, but rather his eight years old Henry. "Arthur always sneaks him to the set without me knowing. He would have his mates hides Henry in their car as he hide from me." She smiled recollecting memories of her dead husband. It brought tears into her eyes as she holds her feeling strong.

"Is he alright nurse?" Alex asked concerned about Henry's mumbling things from the past. She is taking out the antibiotics and changing the drip bottles for Henry. "It's just the fever delirium talking, he'll be fine as soon as the fever broke." She explained.

Alex sighed as he hold Henry's hand and thanked her. Bea stood besides Alex stroking his back in comfort. It's already almost dawn and they are all tired. Bea can see how tired her mother is so she told her, "Mum, I think we better leave Henry to rest for now. Let's go home and shut our eyes." She offered and Catherine actually nodded agreeing with her.

"You right darling, it's late. Alex you can stayed in Henry's room if you want or I can have the help prepare you a room." She knew Alex is probably more exhausted by now cause he literally just landed few hours ago and he didn't even catch a break. "No, it's okay, I need to stay with Henry." He told her and she turned her gaze at Bea.

"You need rest too Alex, it's late." Bea tried but Alex shook his head and kept his gaze fixed on Henry on the bed. He stopped tossing for a while now and Alex thinks he is finally falling asleep.

"Alright then, I guess I'll see you both later." Catherine says and leaned towards Henry to kiss him on his forehead. "Goodnight darling, mummy loves you." Catherine whispered into Henry's ear as she kissed him again on his temple. Bea followed later with a kiss on his forehead and whispered I Love You in his ears. She followed her mum and exited the room leaving Alex alone.

The room falls silent after they left and Alex could only hear the beeping sound of Henry's heart. "This brings back memories Hen." He says with a smile, "Someday Hen, I just wish it was me on the bed instead of you, then I get to hear you rambling next to me instead." He stroked his fingers over Henry's wrist feeling the warmth of his skin spreads through his fingertips.

"Good night my prince." Alex wished him and leaned to kiss him on his cheek. Henry turned his face towards Alex's face but his eyes still closed. Alex could feel his hot breaths on his face as he stayed and leaned to kiss him between his eyebrow. He sat down waiting for him until the first light shine into the room  when Alex felt the sleepiness in his eyes. He tried to fight it off but eventually he fell asleep on Henry's hand.

Alex forgot where he was but he's sure he was probably dreaming when he could hear the constant beeping. Probably his alarm and from the way he's sleeping right now, he probably in his study room in New York. He tapped the space next him trying to locate the source of the beeping and tried to turn it off. But he felt a hand stroke his curls from his forehead that made him jumped.

He rubbed his eyes trying to adjust to the morning light and shot his gaze at the most beautiful British Prince on the bed with his head raised looking at him. His eyebrows raised waiting for him to say something but none of them did. But Alex broke the silenced first, "Oh my god!" Alex jumped and wrapped his arm around Henry's neck and hugged the life out of him.

Henry chuckled at the gesture as Alex pulled him off of him. They gazed into each others eyes and Henry could see Alex's eyes already filling up with tears. Henry cupped Alex's cheek slightly grazing his chin with the pad of his thumb as he smiled.

"Hi." He says weakly with tears began to fill and Alex smiled. "I'm so sorry. It was stupid to think that I could live without you." Henry says and Alex could still hear the hoarseness in his voice. "Are you done running?" Alex asked keeping himself closer to Henry and their hands found each other.

"I didn't run, I just needed time to think." Henry backs himself up and saw how Alex raised his eyebrow at him, "Fine! I'm sorry for running. I thought it was the best decision for both of us. Apparently I was wrong cause you look way awful than me." He said and it made Alex raised his palm to his chest and pretending he was hurt by Henry's words.

"Hey, in my defense, I was busy working plus, you don't look so hot yourself. What? Is there no comb in England?" Henry snorted before he breaks into a laugh and tried to comb his hair with his finger but Alex took his wrist instead. "I miss you." Alex whispered.

"I miss you more." Henry said and Alex had to smirk, "I think it's up for a debate." Henry laughs softly. He let his fingers runs Alex's chin down to his jaw and neck. "Are we gonna talk about it?" Alex asked gulping his throat as Henry trails his finger over his neck. "About what?" He asks.

"Future? Or the part you just left without telling me why." Henry stares down Alex's lips as he asked those questions. He sighed leaning his head back and finally he turned his gaze towards Alex.

"I was terrified." He starts and Alex let him talk, their hands still wrapped in each other.

"I was terrified of being in that house, much being alone in them. But I can't let you risks your job for me. You work hard for your job, I can't keep having you looking out every time I had my panic attacks for seeing that fucking guy in the mirror. Or the fact when you can't sleep because I can't. That every single time I close my eyes I could feel him stood behind me with his gun on my neck. That's not living Alex, that just surviving." Tears fall on Henry's cheek but Alex wiped it off letting him finished.

"What kind of life would we have if we're married. Having constant battle with my insanity." Alex kept his gaze at Henry's hand in his before he nods. "You're right. You're absolutely right." He said and Henry stared at him.

"But I want to tell you something. Before you react, I wanna you to know that it wasn't because of you. It's my decision. I probably had thought about it for few months now maybe." He said and Henry nodded. "I hate my job. I hate working at the firm." He starts.

"I told you that I wanna do something to make a change and working there doesn't helps me at all. I want to be out there like you and do something for the society. You know, make a difference." He said and Henry can't help but feeling proud of him. "When you were in the hospital back in New York, I had the opportunity to join Percy, helping him with the foundation." He starts and Henry already smiling.

"Babe, what you did, was amazing. Those kids loves you. They are the future of our country and yet they are thrown out from the society because they are different. Some of them had no family to support them and it pains me." Henry nodded and smiled sheepishly when Alex starts rambling about opening a facility for them to seek medical aid and the ideas start flowing through him like river.

Henry saw his future with this man flashes right in front of him. This is the guy that is willing to waste every single thing in his life for the sake of him. This guy was willing to fight in a battle for him, most importantly, this guy just flew across the ocean for him just so he could tell him that he loves him.

Henry didn't realized he was staring at Alex when Alex stopped talking and he still didn't say anything. Alex smiled grew when Henry noticed that Alex had stopped his rambling but Henry still gazing. Alex leaned forward and catches Henry's lips in his but Henry pushed him back by his shoulder.

"No, I don't want you to get sick." He said as he cupped his mouth with his palm and Alex rolled his eyes at him. "I don't care, maybe for once, I am the one lying on bed and you'll be taking care of me." He said and proceeds to kiss Henry on his neck. Henry smiled but soon was attacked by Alex blowing his lips making fart noises on his neck and it tickled him. "Stop! You know I hated that." He said pushing his head away and he laughed. "I do but I'm gonna keep kissing you."

Alex lay next to Henry on the bed with his arm wrapped around Henry's body and Henry rested his head over Alex's shoulder. He kissed him on his forehead and his left hand tangled with Henry's left. Henry just realized the rings on his finger and he stopped and stared.

Alex noticed his silent and pulled out the ring from his finger and hold it out for him. "It's still yours if you want it. If you don't want to I can throw this away and got you a new one." He said and Henry gulped. He took the ring on his finger and circling his thumb and index finger over it. He read the lettering inside the ring and smiled before he put them on his finger, back where it belongs.

Alex smiled grew wider and he tangled his hand with Henry before kissed him on his lips. "I love you Pyramus." He mumbles and Henry eyebrow furrowed. "Why do I get to be Pyramus?" He asked and Alex rolled his eyes back. "Fine, you want to be Thisbe? Go ahead. At least I get to be mauled by lion." He said and Henry giggled and Alex pulled him closer to his chest.

Henry was responding well to the treatment and was allowed to go home after spending three days in the hospital. As soon as they reached Kensington Palace, he went to his room followed by Alex. Holden shut the door behind them as he let these couple have their privacy.

Henry plopped down on his bed with his face down on the pillow. Alex laughs before he joined him. "Hey," he nudge Henry on his stomach and he turned his face towards Alex. "Have you thought about where to stay?" He asked and Henry sighed turning his body and laid on his back. "I hate to sell that house." He says.

"Well, you said you can't live there anymore, might as well sell it." He states and Henry bite his lip by the corner, thinking. "But it's our home." He whispered and Alex sighed. He laid beside Henry and rested his head on his arm as he gaze on Henry's side.

"We can always find new home babe. It doesn't matter where as long as I have you with me." He said and Henry turned his head to his side finding Alex's face staring down at him.

He smiled before he pulled him by his neck and kissed him. "Okay. I might have an idea." He said after Alex released his lips. He let his tongue run on his upper lip waiting for Henry's to continued. "Austin." He said and Alex smile wide into a grin.

"Hell yeah!" He screamed with his southern accent and Henry chuckled before he was again kissed on his lips. "Oh, if we want to find a home in Austin might as well find near the lake then we can swim there every night like we used to do. Oh! oh! We should get another dog! David is kind of lonely. We can barbecue and I can make you-" Alex starts rambling again and Henry pulled him into another kiss and he stopped.

He took a deep breath after Henry let his lips go and exhaled them. His heart is racing seeing Henry's angel face and he leaned for more kisses.

Henry agrees to follow Alex go back to United States a week later but he only agreed cause Alex is taking him home to Austin and they are enjoying their alone time in the lake house.

It was late afternoon and Alex and Henry just had lunch. Alex just made fajitas and some other things that Henry can't pronounced but it was very tasteful. Henry and Alex had been planning on house hunting these past couple of days and Henry had started working back on his foundation and he never felt happier. He just established few more doing ground work and meetings online as he hired few more people including Holden, his last equerry to follow Percy and handled his establishment.

It was heaven being here with Alex and thought back on last few months it was the hardest for them both. Henry laid on Alex chest as they both are on the hammock - reading. But Henry couldn't find his focus and Alex could see him on the same page for the last twenty minutes.

"Something on your mind?" He asked as he turned another page. His hand then palmed Henry's head playing with his blonde hair. Henry turned and face Alex still had his eyes on the page. He can see Henry already turned around and face him but he didn't say anything. So he closed his book and returned his gaze towards him. "What's on your mind darling?" He asked and Henry smiled.

"Let's get married." He said and Alex nodded. "I know, I'm working on it. We still need to decides the venue, the theme-" Alex was interrupted by Henry's lips on his. The book in their hands are long forgotten and he grabbed Henry's face in his hand as he deepen their kiss. "I mean lets elope. Get married here in secret. No one has to know."

Alex never felt more in love with this man. Day by day, week turns into months and now years as the season changed, his love to Henry grew stronger and deeper. He can't lose him, he loves him too much that some people might say it's unhealthy. But how could he not. He got the Prince of England as his soon to be husband and he is one of a kind prince.

The kind where his heart grew outside of his body, the kind where people thought of him being different then the rest of them. The kind where everything else hurts him but he would never hurt someone else for it. The kind where he would rather shield his own body for his love one and died in his arm.

Alex didn't realized that he hasn't answered Henry's suggestion when he asked Alex to elope and it made him feel insecure. It was a stupid idea for Henry but little did he knew, Alex is thousand percents into this idea.

"I love you." He said as Henry turned his gaze back at him. "I'll marry you anywhere you wanted. Today, tomorrow, I don't care. Cause I love you." A single tear dropped on Alex cheek and Henry crashed his lips against Alex.