Lestat turns before he can consider whether he should allow Louis to wash his hair or not, caught in the relief of breaking each others' scrutiny for the moment. Catching his breath, trying not to think about—Louis had missed him. Louis had missed Lestat, his presence, his company. Louis had slit his throat and left him in the city tip, left him in his maker's tower in Paris because he let their daughter die, said nothing to him in 1973, and he missed him.
And Lestat is so glad to hear it.
Some dark red tears spill, easily diffused in the ambient shower moisture as well as direct spray. The crumbling would have been more difficult to hide, feeling his mouth twinge, brow tense, but he can spend some time distracting himself. Running the cloth down his arms, over his torso, focusing on breathing normal.
Distracts himself by trying not to think about, instead, the last time he washed himself properly like this. Surely, when he last had hot water, which was sometime ago. There had been some problem. He doesn't remember. He had been busy.
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Lestat turns before he can consider whether he should allow Louis to wash his hair or not, caught in the relief of breaking each others' scrutiny for the moment. Catching his breath, trying not to think about—Louis had missed him. Louis had missed Lestat, his presence, his company. Louis had slit his throat and left him in the city tip, left him in his maker's tower in Paris because he let their daughter die, said nothing to him in 1973, and he missed him.
And Lestat is so glad to hear it.
Some dark red tears spill, easily diffused in the ambient shower moisture as well as direct spray. The crumbling would have been more difficult to hide, feeling his mouth twinge, brow tense, but he can spend some time distracting himself. Running the cloth down his arms, over his torso, focusing on breathing normal.
Distracts himself by trying not to think about, instead, the last time he washed himself properly like this. Surely, when he last had hot water, which was sometime ago. There had been some problem. He doesn't remember. He had been busy.