Sol Invictus, by Just_my_latest_hyperfixation for the fantasy au weekend!
Sol Invictus by Just_my_latest_hyperfixation
@just-my-latest-hyperfixation
14,183 words, 1/1 chapters
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Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - Royalty, Royal Steve Harrington, Jester Eddie Munson, Guard Tommy Hagan, POV Alternating, Alternating Timelines, Childhood friends to lovers but not quite, More like mutual unhealthy obsession from childhood, Possessive Behavior, Intrigue, Blood and Violence, Eventual Smut, Secret Relationship, Master/Servant
The prince smiles and plucks the lute from his limp fingers, carefully setting it down next to the bed. Eddie can’t recall when he stopped playing. “Look at you. Not just easy on the eyes, but smart to boot. Knew I made a good choice with you.”
Those graceful fingers are on his face now, caressing his cheekbones on either side, slipping into his curls, and Eddie’s insides are warm and light.
“My prince—” he starts to say, but that pretty face twists into a scowl and a soft finger pushes against his lips.
“Let’s try something new, Just Eddie.” Those beautiful eyes are alight with mischief, a temptation dangling just barely within reach. “When we're like this … Can I be Just Steve? Do you think you can do that?”
Something inside Eddie coils.
“Steve,” he whispers against pink lips. The name is sweet nectar, the juice of forbidden fruit on a hot summer day, a sin and a secret and an oath.
Steve smiles and the sun rises in the moonlit room.
Eddie says his name a thousand times more on that night and the nights that follow.
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In a world where the king is worshipped as the living embodiment of the sun itself, two boys learn to navigate life in their golden cage.
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