The Inevitable Crown Chronicles
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Whether or not his head bears a crown, Hyunjin is their king. In rags or silk, brimming with love or spite, he is theirs, and so too are they his. For reasons unknown, their fates are intertwined, and within that tightly knit destiny is a certain calm--a promise that everything will be all right, come hell or high water.
Then, they break fate, and fate, in turn, breaks them. With patchy memories of past lives and magic lost to a modern world, the only thing to do is hang on, and watch as Hyunjin lets himself get whisked away by the very person who has ruined them countless times. Now they have to worry about fixing destiny itself, and making sure their king, whose memories are lost to an ether they can't reach, stays safe.
The school play is, frankly, the last of their worries.
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Inspired by Molly Kate Kestner's "Prom Queen": Stray Kids reincarnation AU, wherein Hyunjin is always some sort of prince or king that dies, the rest of Stray Kids his personal guard that manage to love him and each other a little more than they should.
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- Part 1 of The Inevitable Crown Chronicles
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Hyunjin has watched his kingdom fall to its knees and choke under the boot of its inevitable conqueror, but he intends to break apart the present and the future. He plans to steal his kingdom back. To do so, he enlists the help of seven mercenaries whose skills are nothing short of legend, and gives them a post in his army.
Or rather: They attempt to lay siege to his castle, and he binds their souls to his with magic so old its incomprehensible to each of them.
Aeterna is a kingdom broken by betrayal and ego, kept alive by bloodshed and hatred. Hyunjin cannot save it or his people without risks, and the mercenaries won't see the end of the Empire's reign if they don't lend their strength to their best chance at survival. Despite the animosity which comes to them naturally, they work together, because their lives are based on necessity. They despise each other, but they need each other.
What Hyunjin couldn't have planned for was wanting them. Desperately. More than anything.
What does it matter what he wants, though, when he has a kingdom to save?
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- Part 2 of The Inevitable Crown Chronicles