#loumand headcanon

[thequeenofsastiel]

Laughing thinking about how much Armand must have resented Daniel shoehorning in on his Master/servant roleplay with Louis

[hoomanbeaning]

n.m.sanchez's initial meeting

[pjobroadwayslut14]

the way louis looks at armand in 1x03 after he said he’d turn daniel now and the way armand looks like his heart falling through his stomach

i can’t do this rn

[covenofthearticulate]

Ash I’ve been bitten by the Louis!Simp bug, I need your headcanons about his romantic side please and thank you 🥹 (with specific partners or in general or both, dealers choice!!!)

JESS!!!!!! hello. in all forms but physical i am squeezing your shoulders and kissing your cheeks. welcome to the louis!simp club i am so glad you're here

anyway YEAH i think in terms of fanon, folks tend to underestimate Louis' interest/capacity for romance because he always has a bad time whenever anyone tries to show him a Grand Romantic Gesture but i just adhgdskfbhsjbfvdjhbf I think Louis is one of the most romantic characters in the series!!! he just shows it in ways that aren't obvious to those who don't know him well, but I know for a fact that this man is down so bad for Lestat and Armand and just wants to see them happy.

He strikes me as the kind of person who puts a lot of time and effort into the love he gives— whether that's spending actual time with his lovers (I always HC that his preferred love language is Quality Time) or hunting down a specific gift, or even taking the time to better himself!!

Like I know we talk about it a lot, but I think all the times throughout later canon where Louis dresses nicely for Lestat and Armand is such a great example of the type of lover Louis is. That's the closest thing to any Grand Love Gesture he'll get. We know if it were up to him, he would wear the same clothes for centuries. He doesn't care about his appearance, but he knows that Lestat and Armand do. He knows that they like to look at him, that they like to see him in fine things, just as he used to like seeing Claudia in fine things. They gift him clothes because that is their way of showing affection, and he knows he can ease Lestat's or Armand's anxiety just a little bit by accepting that affection and allowing them to fawn over his beauty, even if it makes him uncomfortable. Louis is someone who thrives with the comfort of the familiar; to step out of his comfort zone is a BIG DEAL to him, and I think we really see that reflected in Lestat and even Armand's narration any time they do see him all dressed up, like they always seem so surprised and awestruck LOL

ANYWAY yeah he cares so deeply for his loved ones like really truly, I think that Louis is the kind of lover who is just so thoughtful. Gift giving isn't necessarily his preferred love language, but he's ALWAYS thinking of Lestat and Armand, and it manifests in different ways. Some nights he'll barge into the room and read aloud an article he thinks they might find interesting, and he'll ask them questions and soak in every one of their opinions. Other nights he simply graces them with his presence and reads silently beside them.

And other nights still, Louis will revisit arguments that occurred a century ago, or even an hour ago, and will pick at old wounds not because he is truly upset, but because Louis is genuinely the kind of person who is constantly thinking about the things Lestat or Armand have said to him. He's constantly picking their words apart in his head, trying to find new meaning, and I know it's absolutely infuriating for Lestat, but there's something about Louis where, even as he's rebutting an argument from two years back, there's a passion in his eyes that's just so exciting and almost kind of sweet. You just KNOW that Louis loves to debate, not for the sake of winning (though he loves to win) but because he loves to hear his lovers' ideas and understand their psyche. Honest to god, I think Louis' ideal date night would be debating beside a cozy fire LOL

Okay sorry this is getting long! I don't have a lot of individual headcanons BUT one favorite headcanon that I've had in my back pocket and do want to turn into a fic one day is that Louis teaches himself to speak Armand's native tongue, so he can tell him he loves him with a language Armand has not heard for centuries.

Another headcanon I've been thinking about as well is like, in a similar vein to the clothes thing, Louis understanding how insecure Lestat gets at times, especially about how their relationship is perceived. So like, again with the comfort zone thing, I think Louis tries very very very hard to swallow his discomfort in order to occasionally hold Lestat's hand in public. Maybe even kiss him, who knows. He loathes being perceived, but he'll do it for Lestat.

[leslutdepointedulac]

What do you think Louis first thought when he saw Daniel again as a vampire? What do you think was the first thing he said to him (or Armand) about it?

Ooh I think about this a lot 😭 So I think Louis' initial reaction to seeing Daniel would literally just be deer in the headlights, poor guy is gunna be questioning his reality. But I think he had somewhat speculated that Daniel might make it to vampirism eventually.

Obviously Louis knew that he had survived his attack and he couldn't really know for sure that he'd been brought over. But I think that Louis knew Daniel was determined and was going to stop at nothing to get what he wanted, regardless as to whether or not he did actually get it. Whereas Louis' intention was to scare Daniel into leaving it all alone, I don't believe he necessarily thought it would work, deep down.

So seeing Daniel as a vampire may have come as a surprise to Louis at first, but really, is it that out of the question that he is? There have been more surprising things that have happened lmao.

As for what he said to Daniel, it was probably something along the lines of "I see you got it in the end, immortality." And he probably asked how Daniel was coping with it, what his experiences had been so far (even though it hasn't been long at all).

And then with Armand, Louis might have (somewhat jokingly) said that he never took Armand for having a fledgling, and that it's a bit of a shock. But at the same time, that he was happy for Armand - happy that he'd found someone who he was so committed to, and loved so much that he couldn't bear to let him die. To the point where he was willing to break his own vow to himself. Louis was pleased that Armand had allowed himself to do something both for him and for Daniel. It was both a selfish and a selfless act, but that's okay. They both deserve that.

I also think that Louis was just happy that Armand found someone who could be committed to him in return. Something that Louis previously hadn't been for Armand. He may have even thought about his own time with him and thought about how unfair he'd been (though given the circumstances, it was more than understandable). Louis was glad Armand was with someone who gave him what he himself never did.

[desertfangs]

I like to imagine that during the Trinity Gate era, Armand and Louis had a Christmas tree farm they liked to visit upstate to get their Christmas tree for Trinity Gate. It was one of those “cut your own tree” places which Armand found highly appealing. Every year at the start of December, they'd pile into one of Armand’s SUVs with Sybelle and Benji and go pick a tree. Then they'd doll it up with the kind of skill usually reserved for professional displays and put it in the front window for passersby to admire.

Armand refuses to let this tradition go even now, though sometimes when everyone else is at Court, it's just him and Daniel who go get the tree. Though occasionally Louis, Sybelle, and Benji will come home to make the trip. Sometimes they also bring Lestat, who argues with Armand about which tree to pick, and Marius, who doesn't really understand the appeal and usually remains at Trinity Gate to unpack the ornaments while they're out getting the tree.

[brian-kinney-apologist]

no but I really think that this wasn't the last time louis ever saw dreamstat, he 100% made some guest appearances during the 77 years of loumand's perfect vampire marriage :)

[murfpersonalblog]

I had to pause reading this to scream laugh holler rolling in my grave at @siahatha's new fic & Louis's arm-burning scene--it's SO good! 👏 This is just me fangirling & thinking out loud; it was way too long to put in the comments at AO3.

Four little bars have been burned (and must have burned for a while, Jesus, he sleeps like the dead) into Louis’ forearm, hand, and fingers from where they smoldered in the little bit of light. Lestat must have moved Louis’ hand when he realized. Impulsively (premeditated), Louis slides his hand back into the light, eyes on Lestat. “Absolument pas!/ Absolutely not,” Lestat snarls, wrenching Louis’ hand back into the shadow. It hurts a little, but maybe only because of the burn on his arm.  “Joues avec moi/ play with me,” Louis whines, and he means it. Lestat is overreacting (typical, Louis can only be harmed on Lestat’s terms apparently) and Armand would have gotten it, would have let him burn just a little, and allowed him the grace of repentance.  “I will not,” Lestat works his jaw.... "....What’s wrong with some sexual processing? What’s the difference between a spanking and a little sun?” “....The difference, mon amour, is that I am not Armand. I get what I want, and what I want is my darling safe and sated."

I LOVE the contrast b/t Armand vs Lestat, and the diametrically opposed ways they handle Louis' mental illness--enabling vs enforcing. There's good & bad on both unhealthily toxic sides ofc; pampering & spoiling vs protecting & domineering; and there's a time & a place for both/either--but what really matters most is what LOUIS wants in a husband:

Lestat’s nostrils flare. “Impossible! I wake up to the smell of you burning your arm off, and now I’m being punished with century-old pettiness, for what? Declining to indulge your suicidality through the thin veneer of sado-masochism? Why would I pleasure you with pain when I am so very skilled at pleasuring you with pleasure? No, Louis, I will not burn you with the sun when I can take you into my mouth instead. Now, please, let’s go to coffin so that I may do just that and we can get some fucking sleep.” So there it was. Lestat was the best lay of his life and he wouldn’t let him hurt himself. And brother, Louis does feel warm here in the shadows with Lestat and all his loving firmness. Louis continues to be pleasantly surprised by New Lestat’s patience. He’ll return the blow job. He feels his honey deserves it.  “I think antidepressants would be a more apt metaphor,” Louis says, because he’s not about to just roll over.... Lestat rolls his eyes, actor expressive. “Regardless. A—what is the English?—a pushover! I am not. I will not allow you to hurt yourself and I do not give up. I will always be there to steady your hand.” Lestat tightens his grip on Louis’ arm. “And I will play no more of these games,” Lestat says, ending the discussion, scooping Louis up and carrying him to coffin, where he enjoys feeling weightless as Lestat steps over the coffin room’s threshold.  Later, Louis is being held in the true dark of the coffin, where it smells like Lestat and everything that means to Louis. He smiles, ignoring the sinking feeling. He’s gotten what he wanted. “I love you,” he whispers into the dark.

As pridefully independent & stubborn as Louis is, he still WANTS someone to snatch his hand away and tell him NO and bodily carry him out of the room and put him in a safe cocoon/coffin and hold him close & make everything better.

I'm just reminded of our very first scene with Lou demonstrating to Daniel what vampirism looks like in the sun; and Armand's reaction.

Like, it was wild that Lou even went that far, burning his arm just to prove to Daniel that he's really a vampire; when back in SanFran all he needed to do was flash his fangs & move at super speed.

Lou's chronically suicidal, but burning in the sun isn't the only way to self-destruct; he's BEEN slowly killing himself EVERY DANG DAY.

Armand erroneously thought Lou reading Claudia's diaries & being interviewed was what was gonna send him off the deep end again; but Daniel's proving that Louis NEEDS to face the past & confront his trauma so it can be processed & he can truly start healing--not bury it under the rug & force himself to forget.

Sure, Armand pulled him out of the sun in SanFran, but he had/has been doing LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE to pull Louis out of his continuing spiral; often contributing to Louis' bad practices; or standing back and watching Louis "act out"--these are CRIES FOR HELP; but Armand can't see it; he just judges Louis & resents him in silence. The 100+ drunken/drugged blackout sexcapades eff-off-and-find-me-laters; asking Armand to lobotomize him 3 days after he'd had a terrible mental breakdown; taking on the Dom role when Lou's not even good at it & doesn't enjoy it; squirelling himself away in Dubai eating human food that tastes like glue--it's ALL self-mortification; it's ALL suicide. Louis wants to get OUT, but he needs help that Armand just can't give him.

Sadly, Lestat, for all his flaws & faults, is the one Louis REALLY wants; and (giving the devil his props) he's much better equipped to handle Lou, cuz he's not afraid to bully Louis go head-to-head with him. Fighting is NOT the right way ofc; and Loustat aren't inherently predisposed to fighting at all--they're both actually incredibly sensitive & soft--but the struggles in Loustat's life hardened them & conditioned them to become fighters--nurture versus nature.

Loustat's problem is that they needed to learn how to communicate WITHOUT the crutch of telepathy (which clearly hadn't helped Loumand anyway ); and realize that as companions/husbands, every conversation/connection doesn't actually NEED to be borne of violence--seeing each other as obstacles to be crossed or fights/battles to be won.

One of my favorite lines in a fic is from BlueBloodBruise's Go Fetch God:

He could hear Lestat pacing downstairs, playing music that galloped nowhere, raging at the world with two fists up. If he closed his eyes, Louis could still hear him weep, howling sobs so freighted with grief they reminded Louis of the screams of mating herons.... "What, Louis?! What in God’s rotten hell do you want? You know I can't read your mind!" "You." This is the definition of madness, Louis thinks dimly...trying to convince his murderer to let himself be loved. "I want you to let me in. I want to let you in without being afraid you’ll tear me to pieces, like God would have if he'd peered into my soul when I was mortal. If I fear you, I can’t love you, Lestat. You have to share yourself with me—" "I did! I shared my blood, my home with you, my—" "No. I need you to put your fists down and look at me. Not like some object you created, but like an equal, your hus—" .

They needed to find a balance--as EQUALS. Passivity & cowardice isn't the right way either, and sometimes when you see your loved one doing dangerous stupid ish, you HAVE to step up and stop them; even if they get mad and it causes a fight and they yell & holler that they hate you.

ARMAND NEVER HAD THAT! Armand went from a sheltered childhood in poverty to parents who sold/threw him away; to sex slavery & captivity; to white-savior hero worship living with uber-hedonistic Marius who spoiled him rotten & taught him to mix pain w/ pleasure via BDSM; to 200+ years in a brainwashed Satanic cult of self-loathing & self-mortification (all pain & zero pleasure); to LEADING that Satanic coven & brainwashing others to follow the Great Laws & gaslighting humans to not notice that the calls are coming from inside the house. This is all Armand's ever had.

Louis was his first/only "real" relationship with a normal person (someone not his Maker & not a coven-member). Armand overcorrected all the harsh treatments he got & gave b4, to treat Lou with kid gloves--when really, Lou needed tough love--not someone to "chop his hands off" the way Armand treated Nicki, but someone to really HELP him cuz they UNDERSTAND & love him.

Lou was deeply traumatized by his formative years, too--his baby brother Paul in & out of mental asylums, cast off by Papa DPDL & coddled by their mother Florence; who babied Paul but HATED any signs of LOUIS being ANOTHER "fragile son." Anything "wrong" with Lou he'd need to figure TF out how to get rid of ASAP!

Louis couldn't afford to be mentally unstable, depressed--he needed to buck up & take care of this nasty AF family that hated/resented/didn't understand him. The only one he'd ever connected with was Paul--who committed suicide right in front of him after Louis told him he loved him; only for Lou's own mother to blame him for Paul's death like wtf.

The only one who understood even a fraction of what Lou'd gone through and how Lou operated & what he'd want/need IS LESTAT. Cuz he'd been there, too.

Les grew up dirt poor, but his family dynamic was uncannily similar to the DPDLs; only instead of Paul, Les had Gabrielle. Les saw his mom Gabrielle in Louis, (and Armand KNOWS this; which is why his whole backstory/account of Lesmand in Paris is SUS AF). Louis was SEEN by Lestat--they're kindred spirits; two sides of the same coin--for better and for worse; cuz when Loustat's in sync it's beautiful; but when they clash THEY CLASH. 💀

Loumand has never been in sync; they're only ever on the same page when they're performing/pretending/role-playing. Armand constantly says/does the WRONG thing--

--then victim-blames Louis afterwards; redirecting any and all culpability OFF himself and ONTO LOU (or Claudia, Daniel, Santiago, Tom, Dick and Harry....), as if it's all Louis' fault what happened to him, and not the result of Armand's contributing/mishandling of Louis' PTSD.

As opposed to the way Lestat talks to Louis--

--not focusing Lou's suicide attempt as the result of something Lou did to HIMSELF, but rather something done TO Louis--(mental) illness isn't HIS FAULT; it's something he can get HELP for; and Les loves him and is just waiting for him to be ready to talk to him.

But don't wait too long! At Rue Royale Lestat often sat silently letting all their messes simmer & boil over. What's amazing about fanfics like @siahatha's Alligator Tears (a sequel to Renaissance) is that it gives Loustat the chance to sit down and have those much-needed talks, hard as they are, so they can finally MAKE PEACE and HEAL as a better couple. Lestat also KNOWS Louis, and that's why he can get in Louis' face and ALSO tell him that he's not gonna sit back and let Louis hurt himself--and their relationship--anymore. Lou's anorexia's a symptom of a much more complicated issue (a vegan vampire still grappling with what it means to kill people in order to feed healthily), so that is a delicate matter that will take time for them to negotiate--one of my fave parts of Renaissance is when Loustat's in the blood donor truck--but any self-immolation will be nipped in the bud IMMEDIATELY. 😤👏

[lou-iz-stat]

I started to think about the scene at the end of episode 6 during the 70s flashback and in a different light it’s just so unserious.

Like what if the reason why Louis even started to talk to Daniel was because it was Armand who saw him first and like a little freak he started to stalk him while he just dragged Louis along.

And when Louis got sick of his shit he just told Armand to just try talking to him. And Armand was like no no I can’t… but can you do it for me please? 🥺

Louis just cannot turn down Armand’s puppy dog eyes so Louis has to flirt with Danny for his psycho bf

And I can just imagine Armand hyping himself like don’t be weird, don’t be weird, you got this Armand! Just relax and look cool ~

But then when he finally does muster up the courage he just panics and cannot say anything to Daniel at all. 😭

And I bet Louis is just so fucking embarrassed and just yelling at Armand in his head.

They just make me giggle because Armand is just a creepy little freak (affectionate) and Louis is just there trying to get through the night once again.

[beannotoast]

IWTV head canon

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Louis had always known that Lestat could be temperamental, but recently, his mood swings had taken a darker turn. Lestat had become increasingly controlling, dictating every aspect of their immortal existence. He would lash out in anger over the slightest provocation, and Louis and Claudia were living on eggshells.

One fateful night, after a particularly violent outburst from Lestat, Louis and Claudia found themselves seeking refuge at Armand's side. They had heard whispers about him, an enigmatic vampire who had managed to create a sense of order among his followers.

Armand's sanctuary was a hidden chamber deep within the dark catacombs of Paris. When Louis and Claudia arrived, they were greeted by Armand's calm and reassuring presence.

"Louis, Claudia," Armand said softly, "I've been expecting you. You're safe here."

Tears welled up in Louis's eyes as he recounted the horrors they had endured with Lestat. Claudia clung to Louis, her small form trembling. Armand's demeanor was a stark contrast to the chaos they had left behind.

Over time, Armand took them under his wing, providing guidance and support. He was a parental figure they had desperately needed, offering them a sense of stability and protection that had been missing in their lives.

As the days turned into weeks, Louis and Claudia slowly healed from the wounds, both physical and emotional, inflicted by Lestat. They discovered a newfound sense of freedom and independence under Armand's care.

However, their escape did not go unnoticed by Lestat. He began to search for them relentlessly, his anger growing as he realized they had turned to Armand for shelter. The stage was set for a confrontation between two powerful vampires.

Armand, knowing the danger that loomed, prepared to defend Louis and Claudia. He was determined to keep them safe from Lestat's wrath, even if it meant facing the tempestuous vampire head-on.

And so, in the heart of the dark and shadowy Parisian catacombs, a battle of wills and powers would unfold, with Louis and Claudia caught in the crossfire, torn between the controlling grasp of their former maker and the protective embrace of the enigmatic Armand.

[tr4umaborn]

it's the fact that louis assumes that lestat killed antoinette because they'd gotten too close. because now there was a threat to their relationship. she was a dalliance until she wasn't.

his little aren't i enough mixed with lestat's response would be enough to drive a CONFIDENT person into someone else's arms. he doesn't have enough confidence in himself. in them. he's hungry all the time (because he can tell himself that rats and cats are enough but they aren't and that's why he still drinks human well into modern day).

blood never becomes his addiction. blood isn't what replaces alcohol. it's lestat. it's loving someone who will never (and never is strong here but THIS version of lestat its true) love him the way he needs to be loved. because louis doesn't give a shit about himself.

we see it in his fucking suicide note interview. his last cry for help.

lestat also comes into his world and doesn't take him out of it. maybe if they had gone far away from new orleans the whole story would be different. but louis kept living his double, and now triple, life.

no wonder things are better when he's in france and he falls into armand's bed. he can just be louis -- a beautiful black gay vampire who is wanted. needed! the toxicness of their relationship comes in the fact that louis will calmly flirt with a massacre behind them (and that armand will eventually kill claudia). and that friends, is a louis toxicness.

...........i think this makes no sense now that ive finished typing but i am deeply in my feels about this beautiful hypocrite.

[thequeenofsastiel]

Headcanon that Armand buys an apartment next to Louis' building so he can be there to protect him when the other vampires come after him.

[nalyra-dreaming]

I'm sure you've heard already but ppl on Twitter tearing sentiment about Louis entering relationship with Armand for protection TO SHREDS. Going off how flirty Louis looked on the date. I just have two question for them:

1)What is that happened after that date that would've made Louis change his heart? (Sarcasm) Yes, Louis clearly boldly flirted with Armand there (lets ignore lestat third-wheeling and Louis taking photos of lestat with Armand being at the side). And AFTER he nearly died by Armand's hand. And Assad confirmed that Armand was planning to kill him, it wasn't just a sham. So, it's understandable that Louis started to look at Armand differently there.

2)"it's also the beginning of the ultimatum with Armand and the beginning of the darker side of their relationship" from Jacob's mouth. They need to look up definition of ultimatum. It's a CONDITION usually combined with a threat. We're being NICE when discuss this scene because I haven't seen single person imply that Armand was pressuring Louis into sex. All I saw people saying this situation happened unintentionally on Armand's part because he's used to power plays, toxic relationship etc

People are sooo hypocritical in this fandom. They SWEAR they love toxic love stories but get scared by toxicity. Bet same people who are pissed about this believe that Louis didn't want sex in ep6 and that he did it to appease lestat. Picking and choosing where to see abuse and where don't.

Also it seems like some give more importance to reviews than cast's interviews. I read reviews and read about tender romantic loumand in Paris.

I also heard Hannah saying that cage in bedroom was intentional. I also read jacob saying Armand is dark looming presence and that he serves function to Louis and that Louis becomes dissatisfied. There was a lot in Jacob's interviews actually.

Reviews and interviews don't always say the same thing, sometimes even contradict each other (Assad and Eric mentioning devil's minion and reviews saying there's nothing between them). And you would think people will focus on words of someone who WORKS on the show, but they prefer to hear only things that support their headcanons

Tbh, I have been taken aback by how willingly everyone is jumping/hating on that post (and, I mean, I have pointed out the same thing???), because... it completely dismisses what Assad and Jacob have said...

AND it completely dismisses Jacob's acting there.

Really look at him. I'm not going to pull up the gifs now, it's the current episode, go look at Louis' face and expression and body language... and then remember what his "inner Lestat" said.

And we all know how good an actor Jacob is, right.

I mean. The fandom dismissing what cast and creators say in favor of accusations is nothing new. God knows I've ranted about this. But... I mean... how can you think Louis, after Armand almost kills him... would just happily enter a relationship? When he just asked to be decapitated??? When the only thing that stopped him - was Armand's comment that Claudia wouldn't be around for long.

THAT is, as far as the tale is currently spun, what made Louis stop. Literally.

Jacob said that it would go darker from here and I... don't doubt it. But I think some people are not prepared, lol.

Dubai is a golden cage, by intent and set design as stated. And Louis was "the little birdie for the next 50 years".

Or does anybody really think the overlay with the coven telling Claudia that was a coincidence....

Or wonder why AMC did not promote Loumand as a couple... at all.

I'm just glad the gag orders have dropped away, at least I can listen now to Assad, Jacob, Sam and Rolin telling it like it is.

[pjobroadwayslut14]

i live here :))))

[covenofthearticulate]

i swear i haunt your doorstep like oliver twist begging for a bowl of gruel but... super shippy post-canon armand/louis thoughts please good sir? 🥺🥺🥺

ajkdhfcvdajbhv listen my inbox is open to all beggars LMAO you are literally always welcome to have some more

-I think, outside of their random city wanderings and bookshop dates, Louis and Armand really enjoy beach dates?? It's hard to go there with Lestat because he's a fucking maniac and always ends up diving into the water or getting sand in places where sand Does Not Belong but with Armand, Louis really enjoys the quiet company of just being able to meander along and listen to the sound of the water.

-I know I've talked before about how Armand would be very understanding and nurturing as Louis adjusts to his New Vampire Senses (re: quiet time, noise-cancelling headphones, etc.) but I also think Louis is one of the only people who can really care for Armand in the way that he needs. Like, I think whenever Armand falls into one of his Depressive Spirals, it's Louis who gets him to eat, who puts him to bed without a fuss, who gets him to slowly come back to himself.

-Okay I've had this one in my back pocket and was saving it for a rainy day but I'm giving it to you bc I know you've had A Day: I like to think about Armand teaching Louis little bits and pieces of his native language. He never does this with anyone else, but every once in a while during a peaceful moment, Armand will just say a word, and Louis will repeat it, and Armand will smile and correct his intonation, and they go back and forth until Louis can say it perfectly. Maybe he's brushing Louis' hair, so he teaches him the word for hair, or the word for beautiful. And then maybe one night they're cuddling and kissing and Louis, unprompted, whispers the word beautiful against Armand's throat, and it makes him weep <3

[leslutdepointedulac]

Headcanon:

When Louis' living in Trinity Gate he gains the neighbour's cat through the Cat Distribution System. It's a small, very sweet little black cat called Destroyer, and he turns up at the door to TG at about the same time every evening.

The first time he comes, he follows Louis when he goes out to hunt. Louis isn't sure of him at first but he leaves him alone because he knows he belongs to their neighbour. However, when Louis gets back home, Destroyer is still following him but he gets shut outside.

This continues for a couple more nights until one night, Louis decides to let Destroyer come inside. Ever since then, Destroyer turns up at the door at the same time and the first thing Louis does when he wakes up, is go and let him in.

Armand isn't exactly overjoyed at the idea of having a cat around, especially when the kitchen becomes storage for masses of cat food. But for Louis, he tolerates it, and Benji and Sybelle both like Destroyer too.

They all get very used to having him around; Destroyer likes to curl up on people's laps, or sleep in front of the fire. One night, Louis wonders where he is, only to find him curled up on Armand. Armand says he's only letting him stay because he's feeling nice, and besides, it would be a shame to move him when he's so comfortable.

On one evening, Louis opens the door to let Destroyer in but he's not there. Louis thinks that maybe he's just hiding so he looks around but finds nothing. He goes back inside and tells everyone that Destroyer hasn't turned up, and Armand says that it's nothing, cats do this all the time. He's probably found someone else to feed him instead. But Louis' worried about Destroyer possibly being hit by a car or something, so they go out to look for him. No one can find him anywhere so they go back home and Louis tries to brush it off, but really he's thinking about the worst possibilities.

Every night, Louis checks outside the door and leaves some food out but there's still no Destroyer. Until about just over a month later, when he opens the door and Destroyer is standing there, looking up at Louis.

Louis is over the moon to see him again, when he sees something move in one of the bushes near the door. Then a small black furry thing emerges and it's a kitten, followed by three others. Louis is amazed and calls Armand, Benji and Sybelle to the door.

They all stand in the doorway, staring at the kittens. Benji says that's where Destroyer must have been all this time. Destroyer isn't a male cat, she's a female, and she obviously left to have kittens and has now returned to TG with them.

They let the cats in and Louis goes off to find them some food, while the kittens explore the house. When he goes to the front room, the kittens are all snuggled in front of the fire, with Destroyer sitting next to them, watching.

He puts the food down near them and sits on the floor, making sure to give them some distance. He beckons Benji and Sybelle over to sit by him and they all watch as Destroyer picks up her kittens and drops them gently into their laps.

Louis looks over his shoulder to see Armand watching them from across the room, so he calls him over and makes him sit beside him. Armand is given the last kitten and Destroyer settles in Louis' lap with her kitten.

She continues to visit with her kittens, even after they grow up. They also have kittens who are also brought to visit TG every night, and their kittens and so on.

TG is always visited by generations of black cats from then on, all of them decendants of Destroyer. And all of them are welcome into the home.