He wants to shout it from the rooftops. He can't, and that hurts.
"Love isn't about finding the perfect person.
Because, if you are measuring perfection based on society's standards, nobody is ever perfect, even though everyone spends their lives striving to reach a level of acceptance that is physically impossible, and destroy themselves from the inside doing so.
No, love isn't about finding that person who is void of flaws, or who is, in a social sense, perfect. Love, in its entirety, is about finding someone who is overwhelmingly imperfect, but willing to grow and learn with you, and it's about finding that person perfect- complete with all of their flaws and imperfections.
It's not about changing someone, or "perfecting" them; it's just seeing the person, whom you wish to spend your life with, and who would break the universe to see you smile, it's about seeing them, an imperfect human being, perfectly.
Harry, in my very broken and flawed mind, is... perfect. He is all that is perfect and all that is sweet and kind and funny just plain weird, but I love him with all of the love my heart could ever wish to possess. I love him with a passion that could silence the world, a passion only seen in storybooks and movies. A raging, fiery, bittersweet, all-consuming passion called love."
TW: Self-harm/mentions of rape
"I wish you were a girl."
Everyone thought he had everything; he was the king's son at the end of the day. But that was far from it. Louis always had to sit up straight and smile. Never talk unless the king says to. You'll make friends with only the palace guards. When you are grown you will marry a woman, I find suitable for you. Never refer to me as father, only as king.
His mother was his rock though. She had a heart of gold and only married the king because parents forced her to. Louis didn't want to turn out like his parents marrying someone he doesn't even love, but who would he marry instead? He can't leave the palace without permission, and when he does it's not for a fun outing to meet people it's for some sort of meeting.
That was until a boy came to him. The boy was a peasant sneaking into the palace. He was hoping to find jewelry or something valuable to steal. By his luck the window he snuck through was that of Louis' bedroom. When Louis awoke by a loud crash, he saw the most handsome boy he's ever seen.
Somehow Louis' window is now always open and Harry's sneaking through it every night. Him and Harry stay up to the late hours of the night talking about anything and everything. Louis starts feeling feelings for Harry but keeps them to himself. He can't tell anyone. What will the king do if he knew Harry was a peasant? Or let alone that Louis was gay?