A/N - Extra updates today because I'm going away. Normal service should resume by the new year. :)
Exasperating bloody nuisance though he was, Edmund still favoured Prince Corin of Archenland over all others in the court. He'd known the prince since the boy was three years old and it was difficult to ignore those wide blue eyes and innocent smiles. It was, he imagined, what having a younger brother would feel like – although he was confident that he was never so openly adoring of Peter.
Still, for while the young prince favoured Lucy he also respected her too much as a Queen to see her as a playmate, a dilemma which, to the amusement of many, Corin had never felt with Edmund during his visits to the Cair. It was Edmund he asked to accompany him on 'adventures', to teach him knots and race horses with him, and Edmund he would pull faces at in court and tackle suddenly in orchards. When Corin had become lost in the maze, it was Edmund he sent a sparrow in search of with his request for help. Edmund, who Corin trusted with his pride, and his questions and fears above all others. Not kind Lucy, gentle Susan or heroic Peter, but reticent Edmund.
Edmund who had truly found a friend.