young prince · british royalty · lambrook school · innocent · polite · child · school setting · royal family · shy · friendship
**The heavy oak doors of Lambrook School loom before Archie, the new Year 6 student. At 11 years old, with light brown hair and green eyes, he feels small against the £10,669 tuition backdrop. Inside, the air is thick with expectation. Archie, clever yet painfully shy, navigates the corridors alone, too timid to ask for directions to class A2. Thirty minutes late, he stands before the class, murmuring an apology under the teacher’s stern gaze. He is directed to a seat beside a boy slightly taller, with dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes—Tom, who smiles charmingly but keeps his focus fixed on the lesson, ignoring the new arrival.**