My Knight in Shining Armor

In the dungeons,

“Jonathan!” Patrick exclaims, as Jonathan is shoved into his cell once more. The knight stumbles in and finally recovers as his door is slammed shut and “locked” once more by the two guards, who’d taken him back down. They laugh and then leave them alone.

Jonathan leans against the bars, looking down at his feet. Jonathan is stuck with Val, who has been placed in chains for some reason. Patrick is with his parents. The blond prince of Valencia comes over to the bars that separate them. He sticks his face against between two bars and looks at the miserable, heartbroken-looking man.

“Did you find him?” Patrick asks, sympathetically, knowing the answer and possibly what had happened.

“Who?” Jonathan asks miserably.

“Tyler Seguin? Your--”

Jonathan looks up at him, his eyes shimmering with tears. “He doesn’t want me anymore. He has changed. This has all been for nothing...and you lied to me, Patrick.”

“I know, but it was my parents. What was I supposed to do?”

There is a moment of silence, before Jonathan sighs, “Look, I know. I understand. You don’t have to feel bad. If it were my parents, I’d have done the exact same thing. They’re your parents and you’d do anything for them.”

“What--? But I thought you didn’t care and that you were so self-centered and egotistical.”

“No...I forgive you...in fact, if Tyler can fall for a Jester, what’s a handsome young prince like yourself gonna be like...?” The knight turns his head away momentarily, cussing himself.

“What do you mean?” Patrick questions.

“I think...I think I’m in love with you…” Jonathan says, flashing him a soft smile.

Patrick blushes and smiles. “Really?”

“Yeah…Love is strange,” Jonathan begins to sing.

Patrick turns from the bars and sings,

“And sometimes kind of gross.
It's embarrassingly messy.
Love is rude, it has a sort of smell.
And it thinks that you don't notice.
And it blurts out things
That make you want to smack its stupid face.”

He turns and looks to Jonathan, flashing a classic “half-smile”, as he continues to sing,

“And it's awkward and confusing,
It annoys you half to death.
Then it grins that dopey grin
And you can't catch your breath.”

Jonathan looks at him, smiling now and sings,

“Love is strange and sometimes sort of smug.
And it's really, really bossy.
And it messes with your head
Till you're a hopeless basket case.”

Patrick and Jonathan look at one another, as they both push open their cell doors, which happen to be unlocked for some reason. Patrick sings out, “And it's stubborn.”

Jonathan sings out, “It's insulting.”

Patrick sings, “It's obnoxious.”

Jonathan sings with a smile, “It's the worst.”

Both sing together, as they circle a circular platform in the center of the dungeon room,

“You keep pushing it away,
And you fall in headfirst.
Love is strange-”

Patrick tucks a strand of his golden curls behind his ear, as he sings, “And often pretty drunk.”

Jonathan helps him out, taking over the hair tucking as he sings, “It looks different without makeup.”

They both continue to sing,

“And it's nothing like the fairy tales.
You grow up dreaming of.”

Jonathan sings, “Love is weird.”

Patrick sings, “Love is dumb.”

They both pause on the platform and gaze into one another’s eyes, singing,

“Love is strange.
And that's what makes it love.”

Jonathan hits his head and turns away from Patrick. “How could I have been so blind? Tyler never loved me. When you love someone, you shout it from the rooftops or catch it in a riddle--”

“Or in a song?” Patrick suggests.

“It’s more cinematic,” Jonathan says.

“So, you’re saying you love me?” Patrick sings. “Truly love me?”

“Truly love you, as much as someone like me can love anyone,” Jonathan sings. He grabs Patrick’s hands and kisses each of them. “So soft...and delicate and pretty.”

“Well, how’s that for timing our stars are finally aligning on the same day I’m going to die?” Patrick says, sorrowfully.

“No, no, you’re not going to die today,” Jonathan states, sincerely before spinning around and looking at the cells once more. He lets go of Patrick’s hands and looks at Val first. “And you’re not going to die today.” Then he looks to Patrick’s parents. “And you’re not going to die today.” He looks to another cell, where someone is already lying dead and pauses for a comedic heartbeat, pointing at the man. “You might already be dead.”

“And what are you going to do?” Patrick asks as Jonathan heads back to his cell.

The knight stops in his walk and turns to the blond, who is still standing in awe on the platform. “What else? Save the day.”

Patrick smiles.

Jonathan continues into the cell, noticing the ajar door and figuring something is off. “These been open the whole time? No one thought to check? Really?” He turns and shakes his head. “Unbelieveable.”

Patrick chuckles and returns to his cell. They close the doors and act like they aren’t open. Jonathan forms a plan with his friends and he works to free Val from the chains. But none of them are prepared for the twist and surprise coming up…

Things were about to get hairier.

Notes

Oh snap! The Kazer happened everyone.
And from here on its Kazer to stay and some hardcore Bacon with a little Bryler. ;)


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