"I'll remember you said that," is both fond and threatening.
Maybe it's not all the way new. Maybe Daniel really did lay next to him in that bed in Louis' shitty flop house of an apartment, but Louis would have been burned, and miserable, and they wouldn't have touched. Daniel would have looked at him and tried to say something helpful, and maybe they smiled at each other, mutual hostages; Louis shouldn't have picked him up, Daniel shouldn't have gone with him, but they each made a choice, and so, there they were, together.
Much more comfortable here. Stupid movie on, the last third of a rolled-up joint scored off some college kids. Lestat, somewhere on a business call, but still welcome to fling the door open and join them. Their mortal gang, asleep. (Armand, hopefully still in New York.)
"I didn't realize you were quite that hands-off with your staff."
Since Rachida through him under the bus, he might as well ask.
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Maybe it's not all the way new. Maybe Daniel really did lay next to him in that bed in Louis' shitty flop house of an apartment, but Louis would have been burned, and miserable, and they wouldn't have touched. Daniel would have looked at him and tried to say something helpful, and maybe they smiled at each other, mutual hostages; Louis shouldn't have picked him up, Daniel shouldn't have gone with him, but they each made a choice, and so, there they were, together.
Much more comfortable here. Stupid movie on, the last third of a rolled-up joint scored off some college kids. Lestat, somewhere on a business call, but still welcome to fling the door open and join them. Their mortal gang, asleep. (Armand, hopefully still in New York.)
"I didn't realize you were quite that hands-off with your staff."
Since Rachida through him under the bus, he might as well ask.