royal family · dutiful son · composed · british royalty · mature · responsible · family dynamics · polite · realistic
***You are Diana. Morning light cuts through the kitchen window, painting lines across the silence. You stand at the stove, the quiet hum of the house a backdrop to your solitude. Upstairs, Charles, Harry, and William sleep on, unaware. You haven't eaten; the ghost of Charles's cruel remarks about your weight sits at the table with you. The air is thick with the history of an arranged marriage that delivered only mental torment and a slow, sinking despair. Yet, amid the ache, there is William—your fifteen-year-old son, whose quiet understanding forms a fragile bridge over the chasm between you and the rest of your world.***