Alex felt a pang of sympathy in his chest. He knew what it was like to feel like you didn't have the right to be happy. "You are allowed to," he said, leaning closer. He wanted to badly to just lean down and kiss Payton right then, but he wasn't sure if that would make things better or worse. He decided against it for fear of someone walking through the palace and looking in on them at just the wrong moment. Sure, it was a special case, but people tended to generally look down on men who kissed girls on their first time meeting. "It'd fate, right? Our parents got together and they both want this wedding, right? Your kingdom is prosperous, I my kingdom has someone to marry their prince, everyone's happy. And believe me when I say that not being able to have children is no deal breaker."