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did i rewrite the royal au while daydreaming after a test bc someone outdid me and now im jealous bc their writing is so fuckin amazing and also bc i love the prompt?

yes

well,

let's go then ig

3rd Person bc im ✨spicy✨

(btw they're young kids here like 8 or 9)

Prince Alex ran desperately through the castle halls, glancing back behiend him ever so often. His brothers yells echoe through the halls and he gulps nervously.

He ran blindly through the maze of winding halls, his one goal to simply evade him, before he finally came to a halt, out of breath.

He bent over and hugged his arms across his body, still on high alert.

He was only small, and didn't have a lot of energy, but was incredibly stubborn.

His ears pricked up and he glanced down the hall as he heard footsteps approaching. It seemed as though he had ran himself into a corner.

His face distorted into one of panic until he heard a faint whispering.

"Psst. Psssst."

As he turned around he saw a small door he hadn't noticed before was now slightly ajar. A face was peeping out, someone who seemed the same age as him, sparkling green eyes shining out through the shadows.

The person signalled to him and seeing it as his only chance he quickly walked over and slipped into the small cupboard.

It was dark inside, and he shifted uneasily in the small space available.

A small light switched on and he saw it to be a candle. (don't play with fire kids)

He saw a small boy standing in front of him, with curly brown hair and the same green eyes and a mess of freckles grinning at him.

"Oh, thank you." Alex whispered, fiddling with his fingers and looking down.

"Your welcome!" The boy smiled back at him.

"So, are you hiding in here too?" The young prince inquired, looking nervously at him.

"Yeah, should I tell you why?" He smiled gently.

Alex nodded.

"I dropped three whole cups and they shattered on the floor, then Cook got very mad and almost hit me with her spoon but I ran." He explained with an otherworldly expression on his face.

"Oh. Three?"

"Well, I was carrying five so at least it wants all of them. Thomas nudged me, it was his fault really."

"How long have you been in here."

"Four whole hours!" He exclaimed and the younger boy gasped. "I only have one water bottle though, we might have to share." He continues and Alex nodded.

He was almost in awe of this new boy, and hung on to very word.

"I'm John." He smiles.

"Oh. I'm Alex."

"I know. You're the prince." He smiled toothily and gave him the best bow he could in the small space. "So why are you here?"

"Oh. Well Laf started saying I'm going to have to get married one day."

John looked at him to continue.

"So I kicked him."

He gasped, wide eyed. "You kicked him?!"

"Yeah, he's very mad now. And Dad."

"Oh no, that's very very bad."

Alex nodded seriously and opened his mouth to continue but John put a finger on his lips. He pointed outside the door, and if you listened closely you could hear footsteps.

The two boys ended up in that closet for a long time, (which they shall soon be doing again *cough cough*) , sitting down, knees touching, talking until they saw the sunset through the small gap in the bricks.

They eventually decided to open the door, slowly peaking out before deciding out was safe and stepping out.

"Thank you for sharing the cupboard." Alex smiled at John.

"Your welcome." He beamed, then looked down at his feet, nervously. "Do you... want to be friends?"

"Of course! Do you want to come back tomorrow?"

"Of course." He mimicked, and the two boys parted away, unkowingly creating a friendship that will fuck with this story.

time skip a few days later bc im lazy

"Go fish." Thomas said, and John ran his tongue over his teeth before picking up a card.

It was late in the night, no one knew the exact time as no one had a clock, but it was definitely dark outside and they definitely should be asleep.

"Hey John," Burr smirked, "Got any kings?"

John sighed and careful passes over his three kings, muttering under his breath.

They laughed and John rolled his eyes, "I swear you all are cheating."

"Us? Cheat? No!" Madison giggles, looking shiftily around.

There was a sudden knock at the door which startled all four of them, and they all whipped their heads towards the sound.

"Oh no, we're meant to be asleep." Thomas whispered.

"What if we're caught, we're not even supposed to have cards!" Burr panicked.

"Don't worry guys, I invited someone." John says calmly and placed his cards on  the floor, standing up and walking towards the door.

He opened it and all three Schuylers gasped.

"John, that's the prince!" Madison whisper shouted at him, eye wide.

"Well, no shit." He sighed. "Hi Alex."

"Hi John." He smiled back at him, and walked in.

"Come, we're playing Go Fish." He sat down and signalled for Alex to sit next to him.

He came and sat nervously down, mumbling "I don't know how to play cards."

"You don't?! Don't worry we'll teach you."

They ended up managing to teach him Go Fish, which Alex turned out to be better than everyone at, much to their surprise. They also played Bullshit, whish Thomas won, and almost woke everyone else up.

By the end it was only John and Alex left up.

"Thanks for letting me play with you guys, I haven't really had friends before." Alex whispered sleepily, yawning.

"Of course, it was fun." John grinned back at him as Alex quietly fell asleep on John's shoulder.

the next bits gon be a bunch of mini bits from over the next like 4 years lmao

"Jo-ohn carry me." Alex flopped lazily onto John's lap and he looked startled up from his game of Solitaire (he never dropped the cards thing).

(competitive Solitaire am i right lads ;) )

"What, no, you have feet you can walk." John muttered, batting the prince's hand away.

"But Laf made me practise dancing for some reason till like midnight, ple-ease." He groaned, looing up at John.

John sighed and put his cards down. "Where do you need to go?"

Alex smirked

***

"Y'know you're heavier than you look."

"Thanks."

The green eyed boy adjusted Alex on his back, walking begrudgingly down the halls.

"You owe me one."

"Sure."

time skip

"John, John!" Alex came running towards him, causing him to jump and almost drop the tray eh was carrying.

Alex caught up with him, a look of slight panic on his face, panting for breath.

"Jeez Alex, you almost made me drop the tray... Are you ok?" He asked, with a plain expression on his face.

"Yes. No. Maybe. No." He stuttered, frowning.

"What is it?"

"I have a date!"

"A date?" John asked, trying not to let his disappointment show through. It would be a blatant lie to say he didn't have crush on his best friend, he did, a hell of a lot.

"Yeah, this time I was the one who set it up, I'm not going with whoever Washington suggests." He pulls a disgusted face and they both giggle.

"Well then, congrats." John smiled the best he could.

"Oh no that's not why I came."

"No?"

"No... I uh, well, ummm, what if she wants to kiss or something, I don't know I've never down this, can I practise with you?"

"P-Practise?"

"Yeah."

"Um, I mean sure, ok, but I haven't done it either."

"Well yeah that why its a practise."

The two boys we're quiet for a moment, blushing slightly and John looked up as to open his mouth and say something but before he could speak he was cut off by Alex pressing his lips to his.

He blinked a few times, flustered as the young prince giggled and ran off, mumbling goodbyes'.

John's cheeks flushed bright red.

yeah alright ill do a part two maybe idk i just merged a few things together for this idk right yes

sorry that the next chapter for stars and scars is taking way too fuckin long, school is kicking me in the ass but ill try and get it out soon

a'igh bye