"THE MOMENT THE KING SET THE CROWN ON HER HEAD, THE ANCIENT STATUE CRUMBLED."
the HC where Edge's family is royalty
ending was bs lmao
Holiday had wanted nothing to do with his family. He may have been the first born son, entitled to the kingdom, but he didn't want it. He had two younger siblings anyway. Edge would make a fantastic monarch, and the people would love him.
He could see bits of himself in his brother, who seemed uninterested in ruling the kingdom. He spent much time with his right hand man, though, often in private...
His sister was sweet and the people would love her, but she was so easily manipulated and trusting and innocent, she would not be fit for the throne.
He visited occasionally, but to the outside world had changed his appearance with piercings and hair dyed blue.
Now, he approached the castle the night before the coronation.
His sister's coronation.
It made him angry.
He loved his sister to death, but the logical choice would have been Edge. Edge had confessed that he didn't want the crown, but for the good of the country knew he'd have to take the responsibility.
It was also clear that their father favored Fairy, and had an acute distaste for Edge.
Holi quietly knocked on the door of Edge's room before tiptoeing in.
The room was dark, but he could see two silhouettes at he foot of the bed, one pinned against the bed. Arms wrapped around each other, they were clearly making out.
"Edge...?" Holi called out quietly, expecting his brother to jolt off the girl he was laying on, though that didn't quite seem to fit his personality. He snapped the light on.
"I-it's not what it looks like!" Edge stammered, sitting up and trying to cover himself. The one on top of him stood. Ah yes, Lance, Edge's childhood friend and now right hand man.
"I apologize for interrupting," Holi gave a small smirk. "You're both remarkably quiet. Or do you gag him while you fuck him?"
"Holi!!!" Edge whisper yelled in protest, blushing, but Lance nodded, taking Edge's hand.
Holi grinned devilishly before assuming a serious demeanor. "I'm scared that Fairy is becoming Queen."
Edge sighed, leaning into Lance, who stroked his hair. "There's nothing we can do. The people love Father, and won't question his decisions."
"Even if they saw your scars...?"
Edge's gaze grew sharp as he snapped it to meet Holi's. "How did you...?"
"I've seen it. All of it. I've seen him hit you."
A few tears leaked down Edge's face. "The people would never believe..."
"Then we'll give them proof."
"How?"
"Lance," Holi smirked, "I want you to fuck him. Hard. Don't gag him, just make him scream in pleasure. I'll be hiding, but I swear by the end of the night we'll have evidence."
Turning off the light, Holi disappeared into the shadows.
"It'll be alright, darling," Lance whispered.
"Lance... I'm so scared of what he'll do if he catches us! I don't want him to hurt you the way he hurts me. I don't want him to send you away. I love you so much..."
Lance hugged him tightly and rubbed his back soothingly as he tried to calm down.
After a few minutes, Edge kissed him softly, comforted by the warmth of Lance's body against his.
"I will protect you," Lance swore, to which Edge hugged him again.
"You mean so much to me..." Edge kissed him once more. His half hard cock hadn't been satisfied from before they were interrupted, and he knew Lance was the same.
He moaned into Lance's lips as the man squeezed his ass, grinding slowly against him. He and Lance were not new to sex, and knew all of each others kinks and turn ons.
"Kidnap me~" Edge suggested playfully, groping the blond's arousal. Lance groaned approvingly, partially stripping him and tying him up with the clothing. Edge moaned idly, spreading his legs.
Lance licked his lips, kissing up the ginger's body from his abs to his collarbones and shoulder and neck and jawline and finally his soft, rosy lips.
Their tongues danced together hungrily, sliding against each other and exchanging saliva. Lance pulled away slowly, allowing glossy saliva to connect their lips.
"Fuck me like a toy~!" Edge pleaded, highly aroused.
Lance grabbed his hips and slammed into him, drawing out a prompt scream from the submissive ginger prince.
Edge loved how roughly Lance handled him during sex, pounding into him mercilessly, pulling his hair and spanking him for misbehavior, slapping him and choking him, stepping on him and degrading him, calling him dirty names.
After all the rough, kinky sex, he loved the soft cuddling they did in,their tired state, where Lance would hold him in a loving embrace and sing for him sometimes or soothingly rub his back. He felt so safe in those arms, and loved the man with all of his soul.
Their sex got louder, and the door was thrown open by Fairy, whose room was next door. "Edge???" In the dark, she could only see Edge screaming but begging for more...? Harder? Faster? She didn't understand.
She was... a sheltered child.
She ran out of the room.
Edge and Lance ignored her, continuing to be loud and engrossed in each other.
Several minutes later, the king and several of his guards entered. Edge moaned loudly about how good the sex was, feeling bold in his pleasure and the fact that he was with Lance.
Lance kissed him passionately, and they did not separate until the king roared with anger. "You dare engage in such disgusting activities?"
Lance nonchalantly untied his boyfriend, who cuddled up to him. "Everyone knows you fuck the maids. At least I'm faithful."
"You got fucked by your staff. By a man, no less! This behavior will not be accepted. In no way are you going to engage in romantic behaviors with him. Some man, taking it up the ass. No royalty would be caught doing anal."
Edge smirked defiantly, still intoxicated by Lance and not fearing consequences. "Mother said you fucked her up the wrong hole and complained about not getting children until she finally told you."
"Th-that's not true!" the king paled a bit.
"You're not even faithful. Lance knows all the staff's gossip, and I know you fuck the maids."
"Enough! Take the traitor off that whore!!"
Edge screamed as guards held him back, taking Lance and putting him in handcuffs. "No! It's not his fault!" Edge was strong, but the guards knew this and in numbers were able to hold him.
Lance was thrown to the ground, and they exposed his back. No amount of Edge screaming could drown out Lance's pain as the guards whipped him relentlessly for "defacing the crown."
No amount of Edge's tears and screaming could have saved Lance from the pain. The blond's back was covered in blood after a solid five minutes of agony. Edge had been reduced to sobbing helplessly, praying with his entire soul for it to stop.
The king turned to Edge. "No discipline I give you has seemed to work. Guards, cuff him."
Edge thrashed and kicked out to avoid capture, but he was handcuffed after some deliberation, found his legs were bound as well.
Lance's eyes widened in horror as he watched from the ground.
The guards held Edge down while the king fucked the living hell out of him.
Both Edge and Lance screamed through the ordeal, cursing and praying for all this shit to stop.
"This'll teach you to be a disgusting little faggot," the king hissed.
Mercy came in the twisted form of Fairy calling from her room.
"Papa... what's happening...?" her sobbing was getting louder, and the king and his guards leapt off of Edge, pretending as though nothing happened. They left quickly, shutting and locking the door behind them.
Horrified, Holi rushed out to take care of them. Both were in shock. He knew he couldn't take care of them himself. The door could be unlocked from the inside, so Holi crept out to the maids quarters.
He returned silently with a good army of maids, instructing them to please take care of the two boys. He had never expected things to go so horribly.
As Lance needed more medical attention, Holi offered to help Edge bathe. He carried his brother into the bathroom, filling up the tub. Both were quiet. Holi helped him into the tub and turned away to give him privacy.
"Edge... I'm sorry. I truly didn't mean..."
"I know. The people have to know. I knew he was awful to me, but I didn't even know he was capable..."
Holi sighed. "Will you be alright? You're covered in bruises..."
Edge nodded. "I don't think I'll be able to walk easily tomorrow. Lance and I get rough but he knows how to do it without truly hurting me."
"What Father did... That is the absolute single most disgusting thing I have ever witnessed. A monster like that doesn't deserve to live. Edge, I should've done something!"
Edge shook his head. "There's nothing you could've done. But I know what you can do for the people."
The ginger looked away.
"Edge...?"
"It hurt... It hurt so much to see Lance in pain..."
The following morning was silent. Outside the palace walls, the people celebrated the day of their princess's coronation, but within them, Lance and Edge held each other close, terrified to let go. Lance was in much pain, and Edge could hardly walk. The maids had been ordered to cover any bruises with makeup, but since both were wearing suits it wasn't too much work.
Lance squeezed Edge's hand. "I trust Holi. Our pain will be worth it."
Edge buried his face in Lance's chest. "I can't... believe... he hurt you..."
"It's fine, dear-"
"No it's not! It hurt so much to see you in pain, and there was nothing I could do to stop it!"
Quiet, Lance pressed his lips to Edge's forehead, their fingers laced together.
"Lance... I don't want to lose you..."
The royal family was expected to stand before the people. Guards and police lined the streets, and the path on which the royal family would walk. First came the king and queen, the king putting on his mask of kindness for the people, the queen broken hearted by the cruelty he'd performed within the palace walls.
Holi came next, much to the surprise of the people, but they loved him all the same for he never treated anyone as inferior and gave high fives along the way, though the king frowned upon it.
The people grew a bit subdued as Edge came out, clearly limping. Lance was with him to help him walk, and appeared stiff, though in reality he was still in great pain. They made their way down slowly and awkwardly, and the king simply announced that he hurt his leg during a training session with the guards.
It took everything in the couple not to drop their polite smiles.
Everyone forgot the awkwardness as Fairy cane out, making everyone cheer. She looked beautiful, and while her siblings and mother were happy for her, they feared for the country's future.
Everything was fine until the king placed the crown atop her head.
The ancient statue that had stood in front of the palace for centuries crumbled. There was some chaos until the queen took the microphone, begging everyone to ignore it. She then asked the people to reconsider a few things.
She and Holi had spoken of their plot, and Holi had grudgingly agreed to the terms his mother set.
"My sons and I have something to show you. Do you really know your king? Do you really trust your kingdom in the hands of our sweet but naive daughter? She is not yet ready, she is barely 18 years of age. Both her brothers are more fit, ages 19 and 25. Do you not question the king's decision?"
"Janna, what is this?" the king asked, clearly angry behind his sickly sweet demeanor.
She didn't look at him.
Holi projected a large screen onto the wall of the coronation hall. All of this was being televised worldwide.
"Please, have your children look away," Holi advised. He ran the video.
Edge's words were haunting, the fear in his voice evident. Once they kissed the second time, Holi had edited out the sound to spare unnecessary sexual content, and had blurred out the image, speeding it up until the king's entrance.
After Edge's smutty declaration of good sex, the sound original sound was played throughout.
Maids who had been raped stood together with linked arms as Edge made his accusation on screen, and the queen joined them at the unfortunate story if the king's inability to tell an anus from a vagina.
There was not a word as Lance was beaten bloody while Edge screamed and sobbed for him, or when the king raped his own son.
The clip ended at Fairy's loud sob and the king and his guards leaving Edge and Lance alone in the room together, sobbing and in pain.
"Papa... What's happening...?"
Utter silence.
Fairy was crying, Holi holding her and comforting her.
Edge was also in tears, hiding in Lance's embrace. They removed their shirts, squeezing each others hand and displaying the scars on their backs.
There were gasps, as Edge's back was covered in long scars while Lance's was covered in bloodied bandages.
Things started to click, and people figured out why one of their princes was limping so badly.
The guards struggled to suppress the crowd, and the queen took the stage once more. "Until your princess is ready, who here is in favor of having your oldest prince as your new leader?"
The queen had a calm authority to her that demanded peace.
Every hand in the hall went up.
Turning to her husband, she said coldly, " I place you under arrest."
The audience cheered and Lance hugged Edge for a long moment, muttering over and over again, "You're safe, you're safe, you're safe!"
The king roared his outrage but nothing could be done. The people would assist the guards if it came to it.
The crown was placed upon Holi's head and there was a loud cheer, as well as a singing of the national anthem.
Tears of happiness were shed and Janna hugged her children and soon to be son-in-law. Ignoring the guards light protesting, Edge and Lance put their shirts back on and the royal family danced with their people as though they were any other person and not royalty.
Holi had agreed to take the throne until Fairy was ready, as Edge had no desire to rule.
The country rejoiced at the coronation of their rightful ruler and the fall of a tyrant.