Likely nothing.
They would have been just like everyone else, utterly incapable of doing anything about the cadet who began glowing the moment his husband started to wake.
Yes. On top of all things, there was that, too.
While somewhere across the Empire, people were discovering brand new emotional entanglements, arguing over ranking systems, drafting excessively detailed reports about matters that would very likely reshape history, surviving the onslaught of tiny humans, and barely enduring the call of their own hearts' desires, someone else finally stirred.
Xavier's eyes opened unexpectedly.
Unlike the others, who drifted back to consciousness slowly as if being gently guided awake, the prince surfaced sharply. He moved like a man who had somewhere urgent to be, which immediately startled everyone who had been waiting nearby.
"...Xavier?"
