[ WP ] 5 years after the Charming Prince , now a King , marries his `` one true love '' , he must now confront the one secret he 's lived with all his life , his sexuality .

While most people tend to connect arranged marriages with other cultures, it didn ’ t surprise King Charming that his subjects were blind to his true nature and self. After marrying Cinder five years ago, and siring 3 children, he was now at a place in his life where he felt it necessary to be honest with wife, his children, his kingdom and most of all himself. 
 
 There have been many varied stories about how he and Cinder had fallen “ in love ” and lived happily ever after, but there never once was a follow up to the marriage made in “ heaven ”. While his wife was a gorgeous woman, attentive mother and dedicated wife, King Charming felt compelled to release himself from the ties that bound them. He was tired of living his life in secret, and felt his wife deserved much better than what he was able to afford. 
 
 It haunted the king that the stories told about he and his wife were so off the beating path that they ’ d become the “ it ” couple under false pretense. He was a handsome Prince and she a beautiful catch, yet behind the flair of royalty, there had been constant bickering and various long term break ups. The king couldn ’ t take it any longer, he was to profess his true self and live his days forward in total honesty. 
 He ’ d met Gaston far before he ’ d been engaged to Cinder, and it has been Gaston that had encouraged the king to marry. But truly in his heart he knew he was making a bitter mistake. Gaston was the love of his life, and while society forbid and frowned up on such love, the king was very adamant about securing his place in Gaston ’ s heart. After their marriage, it was Gaston who became distant and bitter towards the kind, even going so far as to leave the kingdom and pursue other adventures. It was their last shared kiss that stood at the forefront of the kings memory. 
 
 Today all these years later, the yearning and love for Gaston remained. Today he would pack up and leave his wife, the Queen so adored by their subjects. He would miss his children, but he knew that he needed to be true to himself. 
 
 As the night progressed the King found himself in tears about his decision. Tears not evoked by choosing between his family and his true love, but tears for having let so much time pass between the past and now. As his wife sat in the garden reading to the children the king quietly walked into her elaborate closet and pursued the many shelves in search of one item. One item that he could never leave the kingdom without. 
 
 The glass slippers his wife had worn when they met, he ’ d been envious of her poise and posture as she ran way that night upon meeting. It was when it wife was away from the kingdom that he pretended that the slippers were his own. And while his feet would never fit, it was the nostalgia of his yearn to possess them that compelled him to fall in love with the slippers. He placed them gently into his bag, surveyed the room, and left. 
 
 It would only be mere minutes before the kingdom was aware of his disappearance, but knowing that Gaston waited for him just a bit beyond the bayou eased his discomfort. His new life was already waiting, and there was no turning back now. 

