[Ivar has never felt affection like this for anyone else before. There's fear within him, that Alfred will grow tired of him or leave him like everyone else he's ever cared about has done, but at the same time he hopes things will be different this time around.]
So the king found his courage at last. [It's teasing, but gently so. He doubts Alfred would have been able to tell him all this, not for at least many more months if things had continued the way they were. This really had been a blessing in disguise.]
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So the king found his courage at last. [It's teasing, but gently so. He doubts Alfred would have been able to tell him all this, not for at least many more months if things had continued the way they were. This really had been a blessing in disguise.]