It would make Daniel very angry if Louis offered up the first thing that came to mind: You shouldn't have come after me.
Even if it feels true. If Louis is more concerned with how Daniel might have been hurt than about the cuffs on his wrist, about Eimear plucking at his nervous system until Louis screamed, about what might have waited for them at the end of the truck's route. Maybe nothing. Maybe just a quiet place for Eimear and her fledglings to strip the flesh from Louis' bones until here was nothing more of him.
Doesn't believe Daniel's Yeah, so refrains from asking if he can touch Lestat's mind. Has to content himself with fine as a placeholder for all his fears as Daniel fidgets with the cuff.
Rashid catches Louis' eye in the rearview mirror, and Louis' lip curls back off the silent threat of a sharp fang. Eyes front.
Touches Daniel's cheek again, eyes searching. Daniel, largely unharmed. Daniel, who did a fair share of violence tonight, and should have been spared it all. Louis' thumb runs along his cheek. He breathes out. Nods.
Alright, let's try, Louis acquiesces, hooking two fingers beneath the cuff alongside Daniel. Try because he is exhausted. Try because Eimear turned his pain receptors on at full force and as adrenaline begins to ebb, the shuddery after effect of that is gaining purchase.
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Even if it feels true. If Louis is more concerned with how Daniel might have been hurt than about the cuffs on his wrist, about Eimear plucking at his nervous system until Louis screamed, about what might have waited for them at the end of the truck's route. Maybe nothing. Maybe just a quiet place for Eimear and her fledglings to strip the flesh from Louis' bones until here was nothing more of him.
Doesn't believe Daniel's Yeah, so refrains from asking if he can touch Lestat's mind. Has to content himself with fine as a placeholder for all his fears as Daniel fidgets with the cuff.
Rashid catches Louis' eye in the rearview mirror, and Louis' lip curls back off the silent threat of a sharp fang. Eyes front.
Touches Daniel's cheek again, eyes searching. Daniel, largely unharmed. Daniel, who did a fair share of violence tonight, and should have been spared it all. Louis' thumb runs along his cheek. He breathes out. Nods.
Alright, let's try, Louis acquiesces, hooking two fingers beneath the cuff alongside Daniel. Try because he is exhausted. Try because Eimear turned his pain receptors on at full force and as adrenaline begins to ebb, the shuddery after effect of that is gaining purchase.