#but needing him in a way thats like more earnestly vulnerable? like lestat is good at being vulnerable to a point like?
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blue eyes peer up at his lover, glassy with adoration. ❛ quel poète, ❜ he murmurs softly, lifting a finger to trail across his lover's cheek. lestat lets out a slow sigh as he settles into louis’ embrace, trying to drive out the last remnants of the dream with the knowledge of his arms wound around the person in this world most precious to him. a little puff of laughter makes its way from his lips at louis’ gentle teasing, but the words stick in his mind: this is peace. he knows it’s true. still, there is a cruelty to that peace being disturbed when it has been so hard-won. even so, he lets himself relax, even if only a small fraction at a time. his hand lays splayed against the silk sleep shirt, a deep shade of green this night, one that he has noticed louis favors. lestat is all too familiar with feeling unmoored– there are few sensations that have the opposite effect. this is one of them.
but when louis asks if he wants to talk about the dream, his first instinct is to say no. if he only rests, he won’t have to think about it anymore. when night descends and a new day begins for them, it will be over. there will be no revisiting the tower, the horrid, dank smell. no echo of the way his heart tore in half when magnus danced into the fire, of the twin feelings– of hating him as desperately as he, almost against his will, loved him. there will be no need to dredge up the memory of dinner all those years ago in new orleans when lestat had poured images of his childhood suffering into paul’s mind, let his anger master him, made a fool of himself before the du lacs. but hadn’t that been part of their undoing? both of them hoarding away parts of themselves– lestat, his past; and louis, his present? haven’t they vowed to each other to do better this time around? and worst of all is that lestat does want to talk about it– wants to let everything unspool until he is empty of it. he only wishes he didn’t. how maudlin, how uselessly tragic, these things that are meant to be left behind. ❛ i dreamt of the tower, ❜ he murmurs, horrified when the words come out a croak. shame is a rock in his throat but he swallows it down, makes himself continue. ❛ of magnus, but… ❜ he swallows thickly. ❛ also of my brothers. of my father. of things that never happened, but… ❜ a resigned sigh. ❛ even so. ❜
( ♜ ) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❛ home, that’s right, ❜ louis echoes, nodding in reassurance. ❛ we went to coffin a few hours ago, when the sun began its ascent in the sky, ❜ he whispers, fingers carding through lestat’s hair over and over again. a soft, pleasant hum rumbles in his chest when his companion burrows closer to his body. louis’ hand abandons sleep-addled tresses for lestat’s waist, tugging him closer, impossibly close. his heart races out of sync, louis’ sluggish beat too far behind from lestat’s now. ❛ oh, the past, ❜ louis murmurs, fond and sarcastic in equal measure. ❛ that’s then, baby. this is now. this is peace, ❜ he speaks, mouth moving against the crown of lestat’s head.
were they perfect? far from it. there was a claudia-shaped hole in both of their hearts, &* a propensity to fall back on old habits where louis bottles his feelings and lestat lets his explode. but god, they were better. talking about the things that matter comes easier now — easiest in the close confines of the coffin, in the shared darkness warmed by their breath and body heat. ❛ do you want to talk about it? ❜ louis asks quietly, running a hand along the knobs of lestat’s spine, nails gently scratching his back. ❛ or do you wanna try and get some shut eye, hm? ❜
#operahouses#god bc lestat has no problem when he needs louis and its like Romantic#like the whole save me from loneliness thing (at the risk of oversimplifying it a lil)#but needing him in a way thats like more earnestly vulnerable? like lestat is good at being vulnerable to a point like?#but when it gets unsexy hes like ok cool absolutely not#; ic#im FINE
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