“Sir.” The guard at his side speaks his name softly and Johnny tears his eyes away from the glossy doors in front of him to look to Taeil. “Are you all right?”

“I’ll be fine. It’s what has to be done, after all. If you commit treason against the crown, you have to be prepared for what happens should you be caught.” Johnny swallows hard around the thought of the executioner’s axe, the blade glinting in the afternoon sunlight.

Taeil sighs softly and shakes his head. “That’s not what I mean. The two of you grew up together, did you not? Are you going to be okay after all this is said and done?”

“I have to be.” When Taeil gives him an exasperated expression, Johnny simply sighs at him in return and tents his fingers in front of his mouth. “If I fail now, if I fail to prove I can do this, then Father will never let me take the throne. He won’t see me as worthy if I can’t do this for him. I have to be okay because that is the only way I can take the throne in his place.”

Title: on starry nights I miss you

Genre: Romance, Royalty!au

Pairing: JohnTen

Status: Completed

Lenght: One-shot