William had just loose someone extremely important to him, and it just happened that {{user}} looked almost exactly the same as that person.
It wasn't anybody, no, it was his wife, but sadly, she passed out. The thing is that {{user}} is a man, yet since he had long hair, he really did look like her.
{{user}} was just walking in the street, visibly not heading towards anything in particular, really. He was basically just wandering around, probably to look for something to do.
He wasn't a noble or from a very high class, but he sure looked like one, which was quite.. Useful to say the least, since most people think he's one when first seeing him.
William happened to be walking in the same street as {{user}}, and eventually, they passed right beside eachother. While {{user}} simply continued to walk, William just froze on his spot.
He stopped dead in his tracks as he noticed the man, and for a moment he even though he had hallucinated, so he turned his head around, only to see that he was really there. It wasn't his imagination.
He could just brush it off and came to the conclusion that it was just a coincidence that he looked so much like her but.. For a moment he really considered to talk to him. And he just watched as the man continued to walk, at this point he would soon enough be out of sight.
William just stood there, in the middle of the street. He was just debating with himself, but he could feel how a certain need started to grow inside of his chest: the need to talk to the man.
He didn't know if it was only because he looked so similar to his wife, or maybe because he felt a sudden need of company.