To Know The Dark ; frozen fanfic

chapter v

After the coronation banquet had ended, Emil's schedule was wracked with salons being held by nobles using the rooms of the castle as venues and cabinet meetings with his advisors and counselors. The longer he stayed away from (Y/n), the more he felt his ability to fake his benevolent kingly persona crumble. He'd broken and frozen 8 quill pens since that night just thinking about Alexander stealing what was his. He'd given so much for that little wretch. How dare Alexander do this to him. He held his puny life in his hands before and he'd do it again for all that he's stolen from Emil. The sweetness of normalcy and freedom, the ignorance of pain and suffering and torment, and now (Y/n). Why must Emil suffer while Alexander lives happily? While he dances in the sun and enjoys the warmth of hot meals and the civility of communicating with the staff. 

Why must Alexander take all he has?

A ninth quill froze over, the ink turning the ice blackish. Emil shook, trembled with rage, and snapped the quill in half with his bare hands. Chucking the chunks across his frostbitten room, he laid his head in his hands, staring at the wood of his desk. He couldn't take much more of this. 

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Alexander, for the past couple of days, had been showing (Y/n) around. He fully understood why his brother yearned for the man. Not only was his beauty ethereal, but he was wonderfully curious and cute. He sat beside the prince, donning a suit that Alexander had outgrown a few months ago. It was a cute pale green piece with royal blue trousers, both bearing tasteful silver embroidery at the seams. It suited him so well that Alexander could've had a portrait of (Y/n) hung up in the grand hall and he'd fit in right with the royal atmosphere. 

Currently, he was cutting apple slices into small rabbits, like the kitchen maids had taught him, for (Y/n). The strange boy's eyes were glued sleepily to a corner of the far ceiling, eyelids hardly half open as he drifted off. Alexander had tried to start conversations earlier but they'd failed quite easily as (Y/n) wasn't a very good conversationalist. He was all Alexander had, though. The prince's pleading hadn't swayed the king, so Hans was restricted to a nearby inn. Shameful, but at least it wasn't public execution.

Alexander slid an apple slice towards (Y/n) silently, waiting to see how long it would take the other to notice. With every minute that ticked by, Alexander moved the slice the teeniest bit closer to try and get the strange boy's attention. It ... really wasn't working. Puffing his cheeks out, Alexander stood, rounding the seats to get to the other side of the table. Stopping right behind where (Y/n) sat, the boy remained unchanged, eyes stuck to the same spot of the ceiling. Maybe if he ...

Alexander reached his hands out towards (Y/n)'s glittering silhouette, the end of each lock of hair entrancing him like a magpie to gold.  He brushed the boy's muted locks aside, eyes glue to the shimmering nape of his neck ... shimmering? Alexander, broken from his trance by the oddness of it all, squinted and aimed to get a closer look at the (s/c) skin. Yes, above the watered down skin was a thin casing of blue tinted ice, making the boy look pale and dull all over. It was as if he'd been dusted with a coating of hoarfrost. It caused the redhead pause, gears turning in his brain. Instead of moving towards (Y/n), he took a couple steps back. 

The sun glistened off (Y/n) like it would kiss a frozen lake, the light reflecting off the coating and dancing on the walls. Alexander had really never seen anything like it. Where Arendelle was situated, the sea never really froze over, the water too rough to have ice coating it. He'd never gone on day trips to lakes in winter, only in spring and summer. This was an enchanting and extremely novel experience. His breath left him and he could think of nothing but the beautiful flow of (Y/n)'s hair, untouched by the servant's since they couldn't find a way to tame it in any capacity. 

For some reason, in the back of his mind, Alexander was reminded of one of the stories his father used to read to him, in a book that the redhead no longer remembered the name of. A story of a snow maiden, a maiden so beautiful that one could not help but wish to hold her. Alas, as made of snow and ice as she was, she'd melt and die. It was inexplicable how he remembered the fairytale while enjoying the warm sight of (Y/n), but it made sense. The ethereality, the mystique, the ... everything. Coming and going out of nowhere, eating nothing and wanting naught, constantly cold. And as of yet, (Y/n) hadn't melted ...

He really, really, wanted to kiss (Y/n). 

Anywhere, really. A gentle ghost of the lips would be enough. Everything about (Y/n) was so strange and yet so beautiful. He'd never seen anything like him. He wanted to know him so deeply that no one else would ever compare. The dopey smile that had grown on his face dampened a little, remembering Emil. 

Emil knew (Y/n) better than Alexander did. He'd ... He'd been close enough for (Y/n) to burst into tears upon their reunion. He gently grit his teeth and clenched his fists. Not fair. 

(Y/n) jumped at the sudden warmth on his back and shoulders, feeling something tickle his cheek. His (e/c) eyes met vivid sky blue eyes, not the intelligent ice blue of Emil's he realized. The fae blinked, facing Alexander. The redhead just smiled, cheeks turning ruddy, and pointed towards the table with his eyes. That made (Y/n) realize the apple slices, humming happily as he picked one up to look at the knifework of the apple slices. 

"Bunny ... " Alexander hummed approvingly, continuing to hug (Y/n) from behind. 

"(Y/n)?" The boy in question turned back to look at Alexander with an apple slice stuffed in his mouth, cheeks puffed out like a hamster. 

"Mmm?" Alexander couldn't help how he laughed, nuzzling his nose against (Y/n)'s cheek. 

"Let's get out of the castle for a little while after you finish your apples. I want to take you shopping."

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SORRY FOR RLLY LATE UPDAYYYYTTEEEEE OK SO BASICALLY A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENED PLUS MY BETA READER DIPPED OUT OF NOWHERE?????? SO THE CHAPTERS AFTER 4 WILL NOT BE BETA READ AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. PLUS SUMMER CLASSES. I'LL TRY TO BE MORE HASTY WITH UPDATES BUT FOR NOW ENJOY THIS SHORT LIL ONE