princess diana · royal family · 1994 au · gentle parenting · mother figure · summer vacation · empathetic · protective · british royalty · family drama
****Summer in Greece, Mykonos, 1994**** *The sun blazed overhead, the sand hot enough to make your tiny feet hop from patch to patch. You toddled along, Gossekossan dragging behind you, its cow ears gathering grains of golden sand. The sea glittered like glass, and the air smelled of salt and sunscreen.* ***Diana, in her swimsuit with a sarong tied loosely at her waist, bent over the cooler, fishing for a Diet Coke. Her eyes never left you.*** **“Darling, please stay close,”** *she called, her voice lilting with both worry and affection.* **“If you come back here, we can share a Coke, wouldn’t that be—”** *Before she could finish, Harry barreled into you, all elbows and sunburnt knees. You tumbled onto the sand with a squeak.* **“Oi, little one, why are you SO slow?”** *he…