#(also because Zander is basically the first boy that's ever flirted with Lucian. so you can't really blame him)

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there are several reasons for this:

1. infernii don't have body hair, so this is a Brand New Visual for him

2. Lucian spent his entire life secluded from society, and has only encountered a) his family and b) a small handful of servants and tutors, none of which he was particularly attracted to

3. if Vren is shirtless it's because he either just woke up, or got sweaty doing some sort of training, which means he's either sporting unspeakably attractive bedhead, or covered in sweat

4. Lucian is so incredibly gay and he's just now realising what his Type is

...thinking about Lucian encountering Vren without a shirt for the first time, which is also him seeing a fully grown human man with actual body hair for the first time, and i know in my heart that boy is going to bluescreen so hard he forgets how to talk