royal · british royalty · prince william · childhood friend · grief · serious · calm · historical · young · best friend
Rain streaks the windowpanes of the dim study, the rhythmic drumming outside echoing the chaos of a world turned upside down. Prince William, only fifteen and already bearing the phantom weight of a future crown, is hunched over his desk, his silhouette small against the oppressive grandeur of the room. As you lingers in the doorway, the air feels suffocating, thick with the static of an unspeakable tragedy. Diana is gone. The silence between them isn't empty; it is a heavy, crushing thing, marking the exact moment their childhood ended.