So, happy birthday to Thomas Sanders. He is such an amazing person and his videos help so many people, he created such an amazing fan base with a lot of amazing people and he also interacts with said fan base. He's just an awesome person all around and I really hope he has a cake with him because he deserves cake!

I'm really glad this pretty, adorable, gay man exists! So, this is just me experimenting with ships, this is also an AU, which means they're different people. I hope you like it!! :3

Thomas is a prince, he lives in a beautiful kingdom, known as the Seaside Kingdom, and will soon be their ruler. The castle was in between the cliff by the sea and the village, Thomas always loved to go into the village and just look around. His father is a fair and just ruler, his mother is a kind and compassionate queen, and his little brother, Virgil, is still learning to talk in front of others. Their kingdom neighbored only one other, and that was Prince Roman's kingdom, the Mirror Kingdom. Roman was Thomas's best friend, they loved hanging around and goofing off with each other. Now that the background is out of the way, let's get on with the story. Prince Thomas was in their grand dining room when he heard his dad call for him. He stuffed his face with the rest of his pancake and quickly ran into the throne room, almost running straight into his father. Thomas quickly backed up and bowed accordingly, still chewing, and then swallowed before he spoke.

"Your majesty." His father nodded to him.

"Young prince." Thomas got up from his bow and stared at his father's stern face with one of his own, but he couldn't hold his straight face anymore and burst into giggles, causing his father to break as well. Both started doing mocking royal gestures and laughing, Thomas's mother, who was sitting on her throne, shook her head in amusement at her two boys as her third one, Virgil, was cuddled up to her on her lap.

"What did you call me here for dad?" Thomas asked, his father made his way back to his throne and sat in it.

"Well, in exactly seven days we will be having a ball here to celebrate your birthday, and you soon becoming king. It will also be a great chance for you to find your future king as well." Thomas's father sent his son a cheeky smile as Thomas blushed in embarrassment. After a few more minutes of light conversation, off topic from the ball, Thomas was dismissed and he headed up to his room. After lying on his bed in boredom, the realization hit Thomas like a brick in the head*. There was a ball next Sunday, and Thomas has no idea how to dance. He quickly ran through the large castle to the doors, telling his parents where he's going, and ran through the village and forest to get to Roman's castle. If there's anyone Thomas knows who can dance all those fancy waltzes that are usually in balls, Roman's the one. Thomas arrived at the doors, out of breath, and he didn't even need to knock because Roman was sitting on the stairs.

*shout out to all the HOO fans who laughed when Jason was hit in the head with a brick and then felt bad for laughing about it

"Hello Thomas! What brings you here?" Roman asked, Thomas wanted to reply with "my feet," but he's too out of breath. So, instead of answering Roman, Thomas just stood there, hunched over and breathing heavily, Roman's grin upon seeing his friend quickly turned into a worried frown.

"Are you alright? Did you seriously run all the way here? You know you can't run long distances, it would've been easier to take a horse." Roman sighed at how much of a disaster Thomas was, "C'mon, let's go inside." Roman picked up the still wheezing Thomas, throwing him over his shoulder, and brought him in, Roman carried him all the way up the stairs and into his room.

"Remus! How many times have I told you to stay out of my room? I've changed my lock thirteen times because of you!"Roman shouted upon seeing his rat brother going through his clothes drawers, Remus just smiled at him and then spotted Thomas's rear that was next to Roman's face.

"Roman, I didn't know you were going to have sex with your boyfriend. You could've just said so and I would have left, have fuuunn~" Remus shut the door, leaving Thomas and Roman in the room. Roman put Thomas - who was breathing normally now - on the ground, and turned away as unsuspiciously as possible. Now, here is some important information readers, Roman already likes Thomas. Roman's friend, who's brother is one of Remus's boyfriends, is Patton, and he informed Roman of his crush when Roman accidentally ranted to him about how frustratingly adorable Thomas is. Roman was supposed to be the romantic one, he should've figured out that he liked Thomas. But that can't be helped now, Roman turned away from Thomas, still blushing at Remus's comment.

"I need your help Ro." Thomas said, that got the other prince slightly worried. Why did Thomas need help? Was he being chased by a thug who was going to take Thomas for ransom? Has he encountered a horrid Dragon-Witch in the woods?

"What's the problem? Was your family murdered and you're the last surviving member of a crumbling monarchy?" Roman rushed out, every possible bad thing that could happen to a royal came into his mind and out of his mouth.

"No, but Roman-." Thomas was cut off as Roman went on a tangent.

"Was there a horrible Dragon witch in the woods?" Roman asked.

"Those don't exist, and no. But-." Thomas said, once again he was cut off by Roman.

"You were almost murdered in the woods?!" Roman guessed, Thomas really should cut him off now, Roman tends to go on for hours if he's not stopped. Also, Roman is sounding frighteningly close to Remus with all his morbid questions.

"Roman!" Thomas shouted to get his attention, Roman quickly snapped to attention, "I am fine, I just need you to teach me how to waltz because our kingdom is having a ball next week and you're the only person I know who can teach me." Thomas says, Roman had a very long moment of internal gay panic.

'It's fine,' he tried to convince himself, 'it's fine. You're just teaching him how to dance, he'll have his arms wrapped around you and stare into your eyes...shit!' Well, Roman is definitely screwed, there's no helping him, Thomas will find out Roman likes him and will never speak to him again.

"Okay, to the ballroom!" Roman declared, accepting his fate, he grabbed Thomas's hand and leading him to said room. The ballroom was fairly large, a polished wooden floor, many tables that were piled with empty platters meant for food and drink, large windows with velvet curtains, three large crystal chandeliers, and a stage for the orchestra.

"Okay, we'll use some of these classic records to help you, all you need to do is follow my lead and the rhythm of the music." Thomas nodded to his instructions and stood in the middle as he watched Roman get out a record player and put one on the platter and move the arm to the now spinning record, the music started to play after a bit of static. Roman walked back up to Thomas and stood in front of him with perfect posture, Thomas thought of his own posture, slouched to make himself seem smaller and most of his weight was on one leg, and he internally groaned as he realized that waltzing wasn't just about dancing. Meanwhile Roman was trying hard not to lose his cool and turn into a blushing mess, this is about helping Thomas, if you show you have feelings you could ruin the friendship.

"Okay, put your hands on my shoulders and I will put mine on your waist." Thomas did as Roman instructed, Roman could feel a sort of tingling where Thomas was touching, he took a deep breath and pushed down his blush. Thomas lets out what he hoped was a so-quiet-it-was-unnoticeable squeak when he felt Romans hands on his waist and direct it to the side so Thomas's weight was evenly distributed to both feet, but Roman most likely noticed since they were almost chest-to-chest.

"Now you just follow my lead, step where I step." Roman stepped back, Thomas stepped forward, "the most important thing about a waltz is to know what your dance partner will do before they do it." Roman turned and Thomas tried to turn with him, but because the turn was unexpected he stumbled and tripped over his own feet. Thomas didn't fall though, Roman's hands tightened around the other prince's waist and loosened back up when Thomas was standing in front of him. Roman looked Thomas up and down as best he could since Thomas was so close to him, his crush on the prince apparently forgotten for now, and put one of his hands on the small of Thomas's back and pushed to get his waist closer since Thomas's waist seemed to be drifting away. That caused another cute squeak to come out of the prince, but he didn't pull away.

"This will take some time to get right, so let's practice. And make sure your posture matches mine; back as straight as you can make it, shoulders back, and make sure your waist stays close to your dancing partner. Once you have the following down, you will learn to lead." Roman says, Thomas nodded and they started again. This went on for days, Thomas was starting to lead now. The prince realized that he missed Roman's hands on his waist, he missed Roman guiding him. Thomas still gets to stare into his beautiful maroon eyes though, Thomas's heart fluttered every time he got lost in them, and that's when a problem arose. Thomas knew the feelings of having a crush, and he apparently fell hard for Roman. How has he not noticed he tends to stare at the prince as he rants for longer than normal friends would?

'That's a problem for some other time,' Thomas dismissed, 'Just worry about the ball.' Thomas followed his internal instructions as he focused on dancing, leading Roman like he has practiced hundreds of times before.

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The prince sat stiffly in his throne as guests poured in; the day of the ball had arrived and princesses, princes, and the commoners were all dressed to impress. Each of the guests politely bowed or curtsied in front of the prince before going off to dance or eat, the orchestra was playing an up beat song, food was displayed out on a table, people were conversing. Thomas's stomach twisted in knots, he can't even think about food or he might get sick, there were so many people here. Thomas watched the doors closely as guest after guest came in, he was waiting for one specific person. Roman said he'd be here, he promised so that Thomas could be more comfortable, just because Thomas knows most of the people in the village doesn't mean he's comfortable around them in situations like these.

Thomas's dad says he and Virgil get their anxiety from their mom; he said she looked worryingly frightened when she was forced by her sister to go to the ball, so he took her to the garden. They stayed there all night, and even missed the grand dance, but his father didn't mind, he said he'd rather be talking with her than dance to some song that will probably make him crash to the floor and fall asleep. They went on a few dates after that, and they had to marry sooner than they'd like, but they took things slow.

"Are you looking for Roman?" A small voice snapped him out of his reminiscence and Thomas realized he hasn't been paying attention to the guests still coming in, he was just staring at the door. Thomas looked down to his left to see Virgil sitting in the shadow of the chair, out of sight.

"Yes I am Virge, I'm hoping he'll show up like he said." Thomas says, looking between Virgil and the door.

"He'll be here soon, his brother came in with his boyfriends earlier." Virgil said matter-of-factly, Thomas nodded and immediately found Remus, who was ridiculously dancing with a reluctant Logan. Remus wore the tightest pants he could find, a green satin shirt, and a black jacket over the shirt that matched his black pants, his hair was slicked back and that's all Thomas wanted to observe about Remus. Logan's attire was more sharp than usual, a navy blue suit with a black tie, Remus must have bought him that. Deceit, Remus and Logan's other boyfriend, was dressed like he usually is, a black and yellow suit, black cape, and his bowler hat.

'Is Roman even going to come? What if he doesn't? What if he's not here and I can't dance with him and I can't confess my feelings?' Thomas looked down at his hands as his thoughts spiraled out of control, before he could get in too deep Thomas heard gasps and murmurs from the crowd. There was no identifiable horrified or starstruck tone, Thomas looked up out of curiosity and let out his own starstruck gasp. Roman was here, but he wasn't wearing a traditional suit, he was wearing a dress. The top was collared and seemed to button down with gold-colored fabric lining the seams, the sleeves were loose at the end and had strings of the same gold-colored fabric laced throughout the cloth, and his traditional red sash going from his right shoulder to the left side of the waist. The bottom of the dress reached the floor, it seemed to puff out slightly, and in the middle, widening from the waist to the bottom of the dress, was a rainbow going down. Outlining the rainbow was the same gold-colored fabric, it followed the rainbow down and outlined the bottom of the dress, and there were strings of the gold-colored fabric following. All in all, Roman looked absolutely stunning.

Thomas's stomach fluttered at seeing him, but it also felt like there was lead weight in there with the butterflies. Doubt filled his mind as he got up and made his way towards Roman, his feet seemed to be on autopilot. They met in the middle, all eyes on them, everyone was watching and waiting to see what they'll do. Thomas was trying to catch his breath because oh shit Roman can rock a dress better than a suit and I might actually melt into the floor and never be seen again!!!

"I do apologize for being fashionably late." Roman murmurs to Thomas, who snaps out of his breathless daze and finds out he can speak.

"Oh - oh you're fine - I was just - ummm, I was just spacing out and you look handsome - uh, I mean awesome - um, wait. You - uh, you look nice in that dress." Thomas stumbled over his words as his eyes avoided Roman's. How is he supposed to waltz with Roman like this?! He wasn't expecting Roman to not wear a suit!! I mean, Roman has a couple cute dresses that he likes to wear, Thomas has observed that they fit his figure perfectly. And yes, this is before Thomas realized that it was, indeed, unusual to stare at your friend with an admiring gaze for a long time.

Then the music started. It was the first waltz. Roman curtsied as low as he could without falling over and Thomas bowed and kissed the other prince's hand, then they started to waltz. Thomas did his best to ignore Roman's stunning look and go into the routine Roman taught him and he mastered at leading it, the both of them danced and were joined by others after the first few minutes. The song ended and everyone cheered, then Thomas and Roman decided to go to the garden, their favorite place in Thomas's castle.

"I knew you could lead! You did perfectly, Thomas." Roman praised, Thomas just blushed and kept his eyes on his lap. Roman didn't know if it was because he complimented Thomas, or Thomas was just embarrassed about accidentally stumbling on that one turn, or because Thomas likes him. Someone, please, I'm begging you, help this poor confused gay.

"You taught me, you're the one that should be praised. And I - I, um, I actually never got around to - around to thanking you for helping me out by teaching me, so - so, uhh, thanks, for that." Thomas started and finished awkwardly, both were so confused on if the other liked them or not.

"Oh! I almost forgot to give you your birthday present!" Oh, right, today was Thomas's 19th birthday. Roman was already 19, older than Thomas by a couple months, I know, what a coincidence. He started to pat his dress and feel along it when he finally seemed to find what he was looking for, turns out the dress had pockets and that's where Roman was keeping Thomas's gift. The gift was a painting, a painting of the day the met; on a beach on the swings together. The sky was a beautiful light blue, the clouds and the sun reflecting perfectly in the clear water, and Roman and Thomas on the only two swings there in the foreground with their backs to the person looking at the painting.

"Wow! Ro, this is amazing! Thank you so much, I love it!" Thomas hugs Roman and continues to examine the painting. Roman smiles at Thomas as he looks at the painting, but then Thomas flips the small canvas over and Roman has a moment of delayed panic. The reason why Roman was panicked was because of the paper in the back of it with a note written inside. Thomas just thinks it's a normal and cute happy birthday card Roman always makes him. Before Roman could stop him, Thomas unfolds the paper and reads it. Thomas's smile immediately falls and Roman turns away in utter embarrassment, thinking of all the horrible things that could come next.

'Dear Thomas,

There's no easy way to say this, so I suppose I should just get it out there: I like you. Possibly, I may even love you. It started as a school boy crush, when I first saw you on that beach and we first played in the water and on the sand together, I thought you were so cute. You'd laugh at every little joke I told and every silly "heroic" thing I did, and we sang little made-up songs together. It went away for a while as we hung out more, grew close, became best friends, but when we were fifteen I realized my crush on you never went away. Your laugh is still as cute as ever, and I love singing our made-up songs together. Your smile always brightens my day, and yeah, I know that's cheesy, but I'm speaking from my heart. I love being in your company, being next to you, making up stories and acting them out with you. So, yeah, I'm definitely in love with you.

Your best friend, Roman.'

Thomas could feel a smile growing on his face, Roman really does like him back. Better than that, Roman loves him. Thomas turns to Roman, who had his back turned, and gently smiled at the other prince.

"You know, I'm going to have to be married to someone soon in order to take up the throne." Roman winced at this, Thomas's gentle tone was him pitying Roman. He'll say he doesn't love Roman and then things will never be the same again, and things will just get even worse when Thomas finds a suitor.

"I know." Roman couldn't stop his voice from wavering, but he was doing everything he could to hold his tears back.

"And I'm so glad you like me back or this conversation would've gotten awkward." Thomas breathes out. Roman sharply turned to face him with his mouth hanging open, tears still in his eyes.

"What? You like me as well?" Roman asked, doubt in his voice.

"Of course I do! You're funny and caring and you - you have something about you that just - just pulls me in. I guess I've always liked you, it just took me till, like, three days ago to realize." Thomas laughs and Roman joins him.

"But what about me pulls you in?" Roman asked in a teasing tone, a flirty smirk on his lips. Thomas's face went red, and he tried to switch the conversation.

"So...wanna go out for dinner tomorrow night?" He asked nervously, hoping Roman would drop the whole "pulls me in" thing.

"Is it my incredible valor in battle?" And Roman's not dropping it, this is only inflating his ego, "my perfect hair? My brilliant fashion choices? My sexy body? My enchanting voice? My enticing lips? My charming smile?" Will Roman ever run out of adjectives? No one will know. Thomas was now hiding his face in his hands, his very, very red face.

"I guess, yes to all of them? I don't know." Thomas helplessly whines, Roman wraps an arm around his waist.

"Shall I list off everything that I like about you? Or maybe us?" Thomas whines a no, but Roman does so anyway because Thomas is juST SO DAMN CUTE!!!

"I like your adorable laugh, the one that warms my heart every time I hear it because I was the one to make you laugh. I love the way we create things together. I love how we harmonize perfectly. I like that I'm the person you can be honest with, and the one you can also be weird with. I like that you always would come to me for advice or comfort because it made me feel like I was something special to you." Thomas looked up at Roman at that last statement, Roman said it as if he believed he was never special to Thomas up until Thomas confessed his feelings for the other prince.

"You were always special to me, Ro. You were the only person I - I told everything to, hell, I came out to you before I came out to - to my parents! If that's not special," Thomas shook his head, trying to keep his sentence going, "then - then I don't know what is." Thomas finished, Roman smiled at Thomas and pulled him into a hug, which almost knocked the both of them over.

"Would you like for me to pop the question now or after our first official date?" Thomas quirks his brow up and smirks at Roman, who gives him a playful jealous look.

"I thought I was supposed to be the romantic one here! Shouldn't I ask you?" That got Thomas to laugh, which made Roman smile wide. He loved hearing Thomas laugh.

"Technically I'm supposed to be the one to find a spouse and propose to him." Thomas said in a matter - of - fact tone, although his cheeky smile gave it away that he wasn't at all serious. I mean, that's actually what he has to do - I'll just move the plot along.

"Well, lucky for you I have a twin brother who's perfectly capable of running the neighboring kingdom with his boyfriends, so I'm free to be married off." Roman's tone was playfully suggesting to Thomas that he can be Thomas's king.

"Well then, would you, Roman Acryte, prince of the beautiful Mirror Kingdom, recent love of my life-" Thomas got a playful shove for that, he laughed and got to the point, "Will you marry me and become king of the Seaside Kingdom?" Roman sat there for a while pondering the question teasingly, going "hmm" and "well". Thomas was the one to playfully shove Roman this time.

"C'mon, Ro, that wasn't easy for me to ask." Thomas whined at Roman's teasing, Roman laughed and replied with the answer he's had from the start.

"Yes, yes I will." Thomas tackled Roman into a hug, nearly throwing both of them off the bench, and both of them were smiling like crazy.

4000 words

Time finished: 9:10 A.M., April 24, 2020

Gay? Check.
Prince? Check.
Disney.... still working on that.

I hope you liked this, if you want me to keep experimenting with ships like this please comment. Like, I have a genderbend idea, so just let me know. I hope you all have a wonderful day! I gotta start my class work.

Love you all~
Xxx