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Simon, a music teacher and choir director at a public high school in Seattle finds unexpected company in Wilhelm, a new substitute teacher from Sweden. The two Swedes bond over their shared culture while embracing life in the Pacific Northwest. Will this unexpected friendship evolve into something more?
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Kiss Me Twice Before I Rise by variousmolasses for The Kingdom
Fandoms: Young Royals (TV 2021)
12 Nov 2025
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Simon has taken a break from his celebrity life and has gone to a sparsely populated island off the coast of Sweden. He's looking for the source of his discontent and restlessness. Wilhelm has been living on the island for a while, almost a hermit. He is emerging from a deep depression that will slowly be revealed. This one is a slow burn.
There are few residents and two children. Island life is stripped down. Simon is tasked with building a new world, a new life for himself. Wilhelm reluctantly helps him.
This is not in canon in the slightest. It is about the slow maturing of a lasting love, breaking down the resistance of the two characters to fully embrace each other, in spite of their wounds.
And the fun part is imagining what it would take to live in the semi-wilderness and how we need each other to survive.
*My father taught me to love the natural world. He's looking over my shoulder metaphorically as I write.
'At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.'
--------------Toni Morrison
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05 Nov 2025
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Sometimes Wille wondered if he even had a personality of his own. With the way the path of his life had been carved out for him long before he had even been born, he had never really thought about what he himself wanted.
What were his interests? His hobbies? Where was his drive? His passion? His soul?
Right now he felt like an empty shell, a vessel made for holding his family’s values and goals that he had upended almost two months ago, only to leave it empty.
Wille knew he needed to find something to fill it with soon but once again instead of searching for answers to the question of who he truly was, he sat slumped over on Ellen's couch – his bed – with a half empty bottle of liquor, thoroughly celebrating his quarter life crisis.
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Wille disappears one day, leaving his old life behind. In a new town, relying only on himself, he finds himself in the presence of several inspiring people who might just be able to lift Wille out of the hole he has found himself in and give his life meaning.
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He roams around the altar, lifts the hem of his creamy cape as he walks on the wooden floor and hears only the echo of his own steps. Sometimes, he lets a hum past his lips.
Simon feels homely in God’s room, enjoys silence and tranquil ambiance. He has always been a devoted part of a community, visited church with his mother and then alone. His hands have joined a prayer before his lips have quite followed but his heart has always been thankful and joyous. His heart has always been pure, belief secured his path and only strengthened throughout years of doubt and questioning.
Or: Simon is performing his last year of pastoral practice, looking towards priesthood when a familiar face shows up.
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When the scandal-ridden royal family faces some serious protests, a passionate anti-monarchist who sees a chance for change meets a crown prince desperate to keep the status quo. At first glance, Wilhelm's reasons seem obvious to Simon. But very soon they get to know each other more intimately than either of them expected, leading them to realize that maybe everything isn't as black and white as they thought.