Title: or do i forget myself
Fandom: Hamlet
Relationship: Hamlet/Horatio
Rating: M
Length: 100 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Drabble; Canon Setting; Missing Scene; Title from Act I scene ii
Summary: After the ghost of Hamlet's father charges him with revenge, Hamlet takes solace in spite of his certain fate.

Hamlet runs his fingers through Horatio’s loose mop of chestnut curls. He is thankful the dark envelops their lovemaking, for he could not stand if Horatio saw the wetness staining his cheeks. Horatio kisses the hollow of Hamlet’s throat. “My sweet prince,” he murmurs into the skin, the only prayer Hamlet ever hears him say. Horatio has always been the sensible one, no time for Hamlet’s superstitions.

Hamlet knows where his father’s command will lead. How can he not? He dreads it, but dread will not stop the inevitable. How could it?

But with Horatio, for now, he feels safe.