Prince Among Men

[helpdesk_hero]

Frankly, he hadn't expected to get this chance. At all. Didn't matter that he was the top of his class. That he learned things mostly instantly. Sure there was a lot of reasons that this shouldn't have happened. Yet here he was, two days in to an internship at the Genoshan royal palace. And David's been moving through things carefully, juggling a large pile of folders and binders. A lot of stuff went on behind the scenes he'd learned, working as he did under a minister of commerce and trade.

And as an intern his main jobs seemed, at least for these first few days, carrying things back and forth and fetching coffee. He'd networked with someone who did the internship the year before and learned that yeah, it sucked the first few days, but then you started doing cool stuff, so he had his fingers crossed.

Okay, not actually, he was too busy moving quickly through the halls, trying not to trip and drop a massive pile of reports that he was certain had only been given to him because hazing the new guy who had already turned out to be smarter than half of the undersecretaries. Oops.

The big problem, of course, is taking a corner too quick. It wasn't that he meant to run into someone, but there it was happening anyway.

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[helpdesk_hero]

And there is nothing to say that David will provoke that happiness. But friends are good.

“Any tips for how to handle the dinner I’m having with him?”

[wearingthestars]

He considers a moment, and nods.

"He doesn't like 'Yes Men'. Don't be hostile, but if you try to mirror his thoughts just to make him happy he'll see right through you. He'll respect a difference of opinion more than someone kissing up to him."

[helpdesk_hero]

Seems easy enough. He is expecting traps though.

“And he isn’t going to hurt me for liking you?”

[wearingthestars]

Billy shakes his head hesitantly. "...I don't think so." He has less experience with this side of things. "I wouldn't let him."

[helpdesk_hero]

Allowance, huh? That's definitely a harder thing to put into words. But he doesn't know that he was good enough to warrant that.

"I'm not sure I'm a quality person for you."

[wearingthestars]

"What's a quality person?" the Prince pushes. Does it really have to matter where David was born, or who his parents were? Objectively, he knows his family will want to arrange a match of some political standing, but he wants the same freedom every other citizen has.

[helpdesk_hero]

Someone that is worthy of Billy. Someone that is worthy of a Magnus prince. And something that makes Genosha stronger. Which might not be easy, because of the whole mutant thing. Maybe Atlantian royalty? Or Inhuman?

David doesn't know, but he knows he doesn't fit the 'worthy' category.

"At best I'm suited to be an advisor. You deserve someone that can give you more than that. But I'll steal the time I can."