Oh, wow. This is just beautifully chilling -- especially...well, all of it. Edward not touching Henry, and his certainty that he is about to die, and then the feeling of "wait what" when he doesn't. HOTSPUR OMG (his dad totally has it coming). LITTLE ISABEL (and Kate!) Edward telling Richard that everything will be as it was, which is...so patently not true. It is amazing and actually made me wibbly.

I think the thing that gets to me most about it is that it really underlines that no matter how the story turns out it is doomed to break my heart and then STOMP ALL OVER THE TINY PIECES. God.

(...okay, also I did smile at how much changes if Edward is willing to pretend to be heterosexual. Hee.)