just ourselves and immortality
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Daniel knows, without detail, what happened to Armand when he was human. He knows, with probably too much detail to publish, the kind of sex Armand has now.
He just doesn't know if that’s because of genuine want or ingrained compulsion.
So, after Louis leaves, after the blood has been drained from Daniel’s body, only to be filled back up again, after Daniel has drained the meal Armand summoned to the penthouse dining room, and after Armand, with no warning or hesitance, grabs Daniel and kisses his blood slick mouth with a force that would hurt like hell if he were still human, Daniel comes to a decision.
If this is going to happen, he is going to treat Armand gently.
It does not end well.
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- Part 1 of just ourselves and immortality
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“Petra tou Romiou, huh? Didn’t figure you one for tourist traps,” Daniel offers into the night air.
"They say that Venus, Aphrodite, whichever name you know her by, emerged from the sea foam here. She was never a baby, or a child, she emerged beautiful, with love and lust and desire following behind her,” Armand recounts.
“Yeah, this is her rock we’re sitting on, apparently," Daniel agrees non-committedly. "Cut the bullshit, we need to talk.”
Armand says nothing. Continues staring out at the ocean.
“Look at me,” Daniel hisses.
Armand turns to face him, and the breath is punched out of his chest.
Seeing him again, in the flesh, beautiful and inhuman, Daniel is forced to remember that this is not just another story he has been chasing. There is no book at the end of this year's long line of inquiry, no documentary or Pulitzer-winning article. No professional detachment. There is just this—two monsters on a beach and a horrible amalgamation of emotions that fill Daniel’s rotted heart and scarred throat.
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- Part 2 of just ourselves and immortality