A/N: So this idea came to me while I was driving and listening to Gorgeous Nightmare by Escape the Fate. I'd suggest listening to it. I don't know why this is the idea that came out of it but I hope you enjoy.
"Now arriving, Prince Eustass Kid!"
The announcer's voice rang out over the masked crowd. The redhead stepped out onto the steps and the crowd erupted into cheers. Under his mask, Kid rolled his eyes. It was going to be a long night of dancing with 'proper ladies' and making small talk with the lords. It was a drawback of being a prince. He never got to make his own decisions, his life was planned out for him, and soon he would be thrown into an arranged marriage with some princess or noble lady.
Kid descended the stairs. He could feel the crowd's gaze upon him even behind all the masks. As he reached the bottom of the stairs, the bowing started. Kid played nice like he always did. He said hello and shook hands, he greeted everyone politely and bit his tongue when some lady was shoved his way for a dance.
The only good thing about this party was that it was a masquerade. Thus he would have a reason to not 'remember' the ladies later. The parties were the only thing that Kid really looked forward to. He hated that his life was planned out for him second by second. He just wanted to be free.
As a child he had terrorized all of his tutors to the point of no return. His nursemaids told stories of how he always hide from them for hours and just laugh silently as they ran around like chickens with their heads cut off. He terrorized any kids who came close by biting or hitting them. When he finally came of age, his father started to personally train him. However just a few short years later his father died of a fever. His temper spiraled out of control and he ran away.
He was found a few miles away and drug back to the castle. His training was sent into overdrive and he was forced to clean up his act and take on the role of prince. Now his mother was sick and he was less than a year away from the crown.
This ball was a setup for potential engagements. However Kid fought tooth and nail to make it a masquerade ball just so he wouldn't have to see the faces of the girls who were going to be swooning over him.
He had always had girls falling over left and right for his attention. Ever since he had been little everyone saw him as an oddity. The fiery red hair was like a beacon. Everyone claimed he would be the king who blazed new trails. They said his hair was a sign from the gods. Those who knew him sang a different song. They said the hair was a curse and he was a resurrected demon.
Kid wanted neither a curse nor a blessing. He wanted freedom. He didn't want people looking to him for advice. He wanted to be able to just disappear for days and be able to go hunting or drinking without an entourage. He wanted to be able to sleep with wenches and slip away the next day with a worry in the world.
Yet here he was, dancing with some lady in a poofy gold dress and a half-face mask. She giggled and looked away nervously, blushing furiously the entire dance. The next dance was with a girl who his advisor pushed on him. She was in a bright red dress and a bird mask. Kid knew this was to catch his interest. She tried to talk to him but he just swirled her and kept her dancing until she was breathless.
He excused himself after the second dance with her. He tried to make it to the refreshment table but was stopped along the way. He had to shake hands and promise dances to daughters. All Kid wanted was a drink but the table seemed like it was days away.
Kid was on the verge of just shoving his way through the crowd when he was stopped cold in his tracks. He saw a tall man dressed in black. He had a mask that resembled that of the old plague doctors. However it wasn't a full face mask. It only had a half of beak. His nose and eyes were covered but his lips were perfectly visible. Kid could have sworn he saw the dark stranger smirk seconds before he disappeared into the crowd.
The refreshment table pushed from his mind, Kid tried to follow the stranger but he had somehow managed to blend in. As Kid searched the crowd, he was pulled away by a lord requesting a dance for his daughter. Kid sighed, he had no choice but to accept the invitation. The girl avoided eye contact and didn't say a thing the entire dance. Kid had seen this before, some lower status girl who was in love with someone else being forced onto someone of higher standing in hopes that their family could make a name for themselves.
That was another reason Kid had requested this party. It meant he didn't have to spend all of his time commingling with just those of noble standing. He knew that if by some chance he found a commoner and wished to wed her, there would be an uproar in the council. That would be just like him. However he wasn't interested in any of the girls here tonight or any other night. None of the girls who had ever been presented to him ever peaked his interest though. They were all prim and proper. They spoke with fancy words and curtsied and sipped on tea while saying please and thank you. Not one of them spoke their minds or told him how they really felt. They only said what they thought he wanted to hear. Their daddies bought them the best dresses and told them what to say and how to act in hopes of their little girls becoming a princess. Kid always sent them home though. He had turned down so many suitors it was like a game at this point.
After his dance, he bowed and excused himself, looking for the mystery man. Kid had no idea why the man had spiked his interest but now he couldn't push Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome from his mind. He asked masked men if they had seen the man but they all shook their heads and tried to change the subject. Kid just shoved past them in pursuit of the mystery man. He thought he had caught another glimpse of him when an earl pulled him aside to talk to him about some land dispute and of course shove his daughter onto him.
At least her dress was low cut and with the corset it looked like she was well endowed. She knew to keep her mouth shut, Kid would give her that. She did all the talking with her breasts. Kid was about to suggest maybe they go somewhere private but he caught another glimpse of the mystery man. He didn't even excuse himself. He took off in the middle of the dance to pursue the man.
He was sure he had never seen him before. He shoved his way past all the dancing couples and ignored them every time they called his name. He pushed past everyone until he reached the balcony where the man was waiting. He was holding a single black rose and he was facing the doors. He smiled mischievously before jumping the stone railing and blending in with the darkness.
Kid wasted no time in tossing his coat to the side and following the man. He followed the stranger into the gardens. The man sat on the bench and watched Kid's every move. He twirled the rose in his fingers and waited.
"Who are you?" Kid questioned, removing his mask and letting it fall from his fingers onto the ground.
"Names are irrelevant." The man said.
"I've never seen you before." Kid stated as he moved closer to him.
"I've seen you." He said standing up and holding the rose out to Kid.
Kid took it and examined it. Nothing seemed off about it. It was a simple black rose. Kid had never seen one around these parts. He had heard of them and seen them in paintings but the only roses in the gardens at the palace were red roses.
One time when he was younger, Kid had set fire to the rose garden. He had been tried of seeing all the red roses. They reminded him too much of the whispers that went on about him and his abnormal hair. So he set fire to the garden and nearly lost his life in the process.
He got caught up in the fire in the very garden he was now standing in. Now he was ironically standing in the middle of the same field he had burned all those years ago. However now he was standing there holding a black rose with a mysterious stranger all dressed in black.
"Have you been stalking me?" Kid questioned raising a non existent eyebrow. The man shrugged.
"I like to call it, watching from a distance." The dark stranger smirked.
"Well did you find out anything interesting?" Kid asked, examining the man up and down.
"You find no girl who is brought to you interesting. You like to sneak out and go for rides whenever there is a gap in your lessons. You tinker with things in your room when no one is watching. You flirt with the maids and commoners and you like to switch the men's wig powder with itching powder." The stranger told the interested redhead.
All the things the stranger had said were true. Kid was puzzled as to how the man knew all of it. He was always trying his best to be secretive. Somehow this man had been watching him without Kid being any the wiser. Half of Kid wanted to beat the shit out of the man for stalking him but the other half of Kid, the curious half, wanted to know about him.
"How long have you been watching me?" Kid asked, sidestepping as the stranger took a step closer to him.
"Long enough." The man shrugged.
"What do you want from me? A name for yourself? Land? A position?" Kid asked, examining the man for sign of, anything really.
Instead of responding the stranger just turned heel and walked away. Kid was shocked but not for long. He took off after the man. Kid followed in silence. All too soon the prince realized where the stranger was talking him. They were headed to an all too familiar part of the castle. It was a secret entrance Kid used daily. No one else was supposed to know about it. Kid had found it at a very young age and it was his escape route.
The stranger smiled at Kid before pushing the secret brick and opening the door. The man stepped into the passageway without a backwards glance. Kid followed, curious to see where this was going to lead. He followed the man right to his room.
"And what are we doing here mystery man?" Kid asked approaching the man with caution.
"We are here for what I want. You asked earlier what I wanted. I'll tell you now." The man said reaching for his mask and removing it.
Kid got a good look at him. His eyes were grey but they held secrets that Kid could never guess. His smile mocked him and his hair was disheveled. He ran a gloved hand through it which didn't help much. It still stuck up all over the place. He shook off his coat and let it fall to the ground. Under it he was wearing a shirt that had no sleeves. Kid could see that he had black markings on his arms that snaked under his shirt, leaving Kid wondering about more.
The man started taking off his gloves and walking towards the prince. As he shed the gloves, Kid could see more black markings on the man's hands and fingers. As he got closer Kid could make out a word.
"Death?" Kid questioned.
"Let's just say it's what they call me in some places." He said, now standing almost face to face with the prince.
"Why would anyone.."
Kid was cut off as the man abruptly pressed his lips to his own. Before the surprised prince could react, the man forced his tongue into Kid's mouth and claimed dominance. His tattooed hand snaked around and he twisted his fingers into Kid's red hair.
After recovering from the shock, Kid growled against the man's lips and pushed him up against the wall. Kid could feel the man smiling into the kiss. This only made the prince madder. He bit the man's lip and reached up to pull his hair, pulling his head back to expose his neck. Kid buried his face in the man's neck and breathed him in before he started biting and sucking on a sensitive spot.
As the man let out a moan, Kid picked him up and carried him to the bed. As soon as Kid dropped him on his back, the prince started shedding his party clothes. The stranger looked up at him and smiled as he started to strip out of his clothes also. Kid didn't wait until the man was naked. He reached down and ripped the remaining clothes off of him.
Kid wasted no time in climbing on top of the dark haired stranger. He started kissing his way from the man's lips to his neck and down his chest, where the prince was happy to see more black markings. Kid traced the designs with his tongue before working his way down. He lightly bit the protruding hip bones before arriving at his final destination.
Kid took the stranger's already hardened member into his mouth. He took him all in before hollowing out his cheeks and bobbing his head. The man under him let out a very sexy moan. Kid moaned, causing his mouth to vibrate and the stranger wrapping his fingers into Kid's red hair.
Kid reached down and gently spread the man's legs, he forced his fingers into the man's mouth and he obediently sucked. Then Kid slowly inserted a finger into his tight hole. He pumped the finger as he sucked harder. The man under him was letting out small moans and pushing Kid's head further onto his hard member. Kid inserted another finger and focused on stretching him.
He inserted another finger as he stopped sucking on the very impressively sized cock and found his way back to his very juicy lips. He lightly sucked on his bottom lip before the man allowed him entrance and opened his mouth, inviting the prince's tongue in and allowing dominance.
Just as Kid hit something with his fingers, the stranger's back arched and he let out a moan. Kid knew it was time. He removed his fingers and lined himself up with the stretched entrance. He didn't even wait for approval, he just shoved his way in. The tattooed hands gripped the blankets and he tried to turn his head but Kid's mouth was keeping him firm in place. As Kid pushed deeper and deeper, the man's back arched and his knuckles turned white against the sheets.
Once Kid was fully in, he barely gave the man time to adjust before he pulled out and rammed in yet again. The prince figured that the man would be moaning but his mouth was smothering all sounds before they could escape from his lips.
Kid continued his assault on the man and he slowly adjusted. His fingers slowly released the blanket and his hands found their way to Kid's muscled back. Kid felt the bite of the man's nails seconds before he felt hot blood trickling from the nail wounds.
The prince pulled out of the kiss to catch his breath. He leaned down and bit the man's shoulder. The black haired stranger let out a gasp and dug his nails deeper into Kid's pale flesh. Kid growled before releasing the skin between his teeth and moving onto his tattooed chest. He left a trail of bite marks in the form of a necklace as the man raked his nails all along Kid's back.
Kid kept a grueling pace and the man under him seemed to be keeping up pretty well. He planted a hand on the man's hip to hold him in place as he pounded away. The stranger only moaned louder. The redhead looked into the man's grey eyes and he saw a fire in them. It ignited something inside Kid. He pushed himself past his own limits.
They were both sweaty and panting but neither seemed to be climaxing soon. Kid was okay with that. He was always down for a challenge and that was exactly what this man was. Kid pulled out and flipped the thin man under him. He forced him onto his knees with his ass in the air. Kid put on hand his the man's tanned hip and the other on the back of his head, forcing his face into the pillow.
The man under him didn't even resist he just pushed his hips further onto Kid's dick. The prince smiled as he pounded away. Kid could hear muffled moans from under him but something changed as he felt his dick hit something that he had felt with his finger earlier. As soon as his dick came into contact with it, the man's back arched and it wasn't a moan he let out but a muffled scream.
Kid cocked his head to the side and hit it again, earning him the same results. An evil smile graced his lips as he pulled out and gently grazed the same spot. By this point the man was shaking uncontrollably under him, his body lusting for Kid's abuse. Kid removed his hand from the strangers hip and moved it to his throbbing cock. He started stroking at the same pace he had resumed his thrusting.
Kid knew that by this point they were both barely holding on. He could tell from the moans coming from the pillow that it seemed he would be the one who climaxed first. Kid hit the spot once more and he felt warmth spill all over his hand and he heard the sexiest noise he had ever heard. Seconds later Kid felt the tightening in his stomach and then he filled the man with his seed.
Panting and sweaty, the two men collapsed. Kid on top of the stranger. Once he regained some strength back, he pulled out and collapsed next to the tattooed man.
"I still don't know your name." Kid murmured, already drifting to sleep.
"I am just a gorgeous nightmare my sweet prince."