Daniel closes the lid of his laptop with a soft click, confident no one in this room is guessing his password, and stands up. He crosses the room to Louis, to look at him up close, assess him as best he can. He reaches out, lays hands on the other vampire's forearms, bracing. Just—
Something. Feelings, man. Daniel looks at him for a moment, trying to will him to understand how much he cares about him and all the shit he keeps trying to bury like layers of volcanic ash hardening inside of him, compressed and forgotten.
"Stop being so hard on yourself or I'll throw up or something," there.
That works. He looks over his shoulder to Lestat as he drops his hands, and gestures at him like!! Relax, remember? You'll be fine. Just fucking chill, chill right now, he sees you un-chilling yourself.
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Daniel closes the lid of his laptop with a soft click, confident no one in this room is guessing his password, and stands up. He crosses the room to Louis, to look at him up close, assess him as best he can. He reaches out, lays hands on the other vampire's forearms, bracing. Just—
Something. Feelings, man. Daniel looks at him for a moment, trying to will him to understand how much he cares about him and all the shit he keeps trying to bury like layers of volcanic ash hardening inside of him, compressed and forgotten.
"Stop being so hard on yourself or I'll throw up or something," there.
That works. He looks over his shoulder to Lestat as he drops his hands, and gestures at him like!! Relax, remember? You'll be fine. Just fucking chill, chill right now, he sees you un-chilling yourself.
Then, he announces:
"I'm going to bed."