I loved you in secret - walter x henry (young royals)

You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded

TW: emotional abusive behaviour

Walter

"Henry?"

His clothes were drenched, probably from the snow melting on his clothes, some snowflakes visible in his hair, which was wet and laying flat against his face. His eyes were red and glassy like he had cried only minutes ago. He was staring at me, avoiding my gaze.

"Can I come in?" His voice broke while speaking. He looked down on the ground.

"Of course" I took a step aside, letting him inside.

"What happened?" I was confused. Henry only texted me 2 hours ago that everything was fine and now he is standing in front of my house, seemingly having cried shortly before.

He looked up at me, meeting my eyes and then fell into my arms. He hid his face in the crook of my neck. I held him close to me, caressing his back with my hand. His wet clothes were dampening mine, tears falling down his eyes into my neck but that all doesn't matter right now. Something was obviously wrong with Henry and if holding him was all I could do, I would never let him go. He was sobbing into my shoulder and I only pulled him closer, wanting to protect him from anything and anyone.

"It's gonna be okay" I tried comforting him, gently brushing my fingers through his hair and my other hand still caressing his back. He tried pulling me even closer to himself. It was almost impossible to be any closer to him. His breathing and sobs were getting more unsteady and his grip on me was getting tighter.

"I'm here for you" I whispered into his ear, not letting go of Henry for a single second. I was so confused about what was going on but it seems like he really needed me now and I would never not be there for him. We could talk about what was going on later if he only needs to be comforted now.

"Who was–" I heard Mama coming closer to us, her words fading out, probably seeing us hugging in the hallway. I was turning my head, looking at her.

"What is going on?" She asked, gesturing between us with her fingers.

"I don't know exactly" I whispered to her, "But I think I can handle this" I assured her.

"Okay, tell me if you need anything"

"I will" I nodded and then she disappeared back into the living room.

Henry was still sobbing into my shoulder. I pulled away a bit, just so much that I could look at him. He tried to hide his face in my chest then.

"Hey it's okay" I pressed a kiss on his hair, "I'm here, you're safe now" I kept on caressing his back.

"Do you want to get upstairs into my room? It's more calm there." I suggested, because I could feel Henry calming down a bit in my embrace and I knew that if he wants to talk with me about what happened, this isn't the right place for it. He nodded against my sweater.

"But you need to let go of me for that" I gave him another kiss on his hair. He slowly loosened the grip around my middle and let go of me completely, only reaching for my hand. I intertwined our fingers and looked at him. His face was red from crying, eyes filled with tears, some rolling down his cheek. I put my free hand on Henry's cheek and wiped the tears away.

"Come with me" I led him upstairs and along the hallway, he followed behind me, holding tight onto my hand as if I could let go any second.

"That's my room" I opened the door to it and Henry went inside, me entering after him, "Do you wanna change into dry clothes first?" His jeans were still drenched, I didn't know what his sweatshirt was like but judging by the weather and the state of his other clothes, it's probably not very warm for him.