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helen of troy. ([personal profile] divorcing) wrote in [personal profile] damnedest 2024-11-14 06:33 am (UTC)

"Photograph lasts a hell of a long time, you put it in a frame."

Not even in a frame. Louis' photographs in archival boxes, carried out of Paris. Preserved. Moments frozen in time. Claudia, smiling with her fangs out. Her impromptu snaps of Louis across the table in a Parisian cafe. Her at her dressing table, applying her lipstick. Pulling a face at him. Little moments that are so painful to look at, just as the diaries were agony to touch for so long.

But no. Louis pulls himself back.

"Anytime I ask?" he questions. "Twelve performances, whenever I ask you?"

Louis had never had to ask. But they are a long way away from their home, Lestat's well-cherished piano, their well-appointed salon.

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