They are not companions. Not yet. An inbetween space, where despite all their intentions, the way gravity shifts, the magnetic pull of their connection, the relief of their closeness, all of this exists still. Not something past, but something present.
Louis' hand spreads across Lestat's chest. His weight shifts, tilting into Lestat. Pressing him more firmly into the seat.
"He stole you to get hold of all the things you are," Louis murmurs, fingers curling in the fabric of Lestat's shirt. Protective impulse, guarding his heart against what they speak of now. "What no one else had then and no one's got now."
It wasn't chance. Louis is certain it wasn't chance. Corpses on corpses, seeking something in particular.
Maybe only the pleasure of breaking one who would not acquiesce, would not beg.
The origin of Lestat's fortune. Money like a tether, keeping hold of Lestat for decades after.
Louis had never wanted to live off Lestat's money. Had felt guilt over what he and Claudia had taken in those early days of Paris. Did Lestat feel something like that too?
Lestat tips his head back against the headrest, watching Louis' face. Admiring it. His face is wet and eyes red, the occasional passing streetlamp casting unflattering pale light, blue veins and raw edges, but he offers a cracked kind of smile anyway as he covers his hand over Louis'.
"I think if you believe there is something special about me," has a touch of self-deprecation, but still sincere, "then it doesn't matter to me whether or not he did as well."
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Louis' hand spreads across Lestat's chest. His weight shifts, tilting into Lestat. Pressing him more firmly into the seat.
"He stole you to get hold of all the things you are," Louis murmurs, fingers curling in the fabric of Lestat's shirt. Protective impulse, guarding his heart against what they speak of now. "What no one else had then and no one's got now."
It wasn't chance. Louis is certain it wasn't chance. Corpses on corpses, seeking something in particular.
Maybe only the pleasure of breaking one who would not acquiesce, would not beg.
The origin of Lestat's fortune. Money like a tether, keeping hold of Lestat for decades after.
Louis had never wanted to live off Lestat's money. Had felt guilt over what he and Claudia had taken in those early days of Paris. Did Lestat feel something like that too?
no subject
"I think if you believe there is something special about me," has a touch of self-deprecation, but still sincere, "then it doesn't matter to me whether or not he did as well."
That, he could live with. Tolerate.
no subject
A firm assertion.
The point could be argued. All the things Louis doesn't know, all the things Lestat held back.
But Louis says this without any room for argument.
"I know you."
Bound together, forever. Always. All the worst of each other. All the best of each other. A light press of his hand over Lestat's heart, emphasis.
"He didn't."