2: Royal AU + 8: Hospital AU
ooh basically, harry is a prince from a foreign land (i want to say genovia) who gets into an accident, i don’t know what kind of accident but he ends up confined in the hospital with amnesia. he was alone when he got into the accident (perhaps he ran away from his bodyguards because he was tired of being built up to be the next king, tired of all the customs and social traditions and the diplomatic meeting he was in, and he just wanted to be alone and experience being a normal person a la audrey hepburn in roman holiday) and when he wakes up in the hospital, louis is his nurse and louis has no idea who he is. harry has no idea who he himself is too. so louis gives him a nickname like mick or something because of harry’s resemblance to the rolling stone guy, and harry has to stay confined in the hospital for a few weeks as he gets treated for other injuries. anyway, it doesn’t take long for harry to be smitten with louis, and despite not remembering anything about himself, harry is charming and sweet and funny enough that louis finds himself falling for harry.
of course, it doesn’t take long for harry’s bodyguards/family to find him–i’m thinking maybe another patient recognized him and tipped them off–and harry is forced to become prince of genovia again even though he doesn’t remember shit. they keep his amnesia on the down low because they dont want the citizens of their country to panic. but still, harry isn’t well enough to travel back home so they have to stay in the UK for a little bit. harry is under house arrest, and has to pretend he’s fine when the press come to speak to him, but he really doesn’t remember shit.
and really, all harry wants to do is to stare at louis and maybe kiss louis a lil bit but he finds out that he’s been betrothed to this lady since he was like…5 years old (old customs and shit) and 1. being gay would be a scandal and 2. cheating on his betrothed would be a scandal. so no matter how hard harry begs, they don’t allow him to see louis.
that doesn’t stop harry though. he gets his bodyguards (who are loyal to him) to deliver flowers to louis everyday, with little handwritten notes. louis thinks it’s sweet, but he’s also scared of a royal family so he’s like “maybe i should just forget about my amnesiac prince” but the flowers come everyday without fail.
when harry gets better, his parents insist that he organize a public event. so harry insists on doing charity work at louis’ hospital (donating toys to the kids and meeting them and whatnot) just so he can see louis again. it goes off without a hitch, and in the middle, harry manages to sneak off, and he and louis kiss for the first time.
…but it’s caught on camera by a paparazzi who threatens to leak harry’s gay cheating scandal and harry’s parents get so mad and try to send him back to genovia immediately. but harry refuses, tells the paparazzi he can go ahead and run the story all he wants because he loves this nurse louis. if it means giving up his title for love, he’ll do it.
and idk but somehow it works out, harry becomes king and he and louis end up together and they get married and it’s nice and sweet ending