No peer reviewed, control tested, exhaustive study required, mock assurance before Armand is letting Daniel up. Stands where he is, a partial lean on the back of the chair. Watches Daniel and his prey, listens to her mind, the circling the drain rationalisation that is keeping her fixed on the couch.
Fingers wandering along the arm of it as he moves in closer, coming to settle on her other side. The spell might break if he intervenes too much, but also, it's too late for her. Riding high, now, spiralling into coloured streamers of consciousness. He strokes her hair back away from her ear. Her neck.
"Who will you be, Deana?" he asks.
She shakes her head. Doesn't know. But there are little flickers of notions. Herself, with more money. A man, with a wife. Her teenage self, running a marathon, never stopping.
no subject
No peer reviewed, control tested, exhaustive study required, mock assurance before Armand is letting Daniel up. Stands where he is, a partial lean on the back of the chair. Watches Daniel and his prey, listens to her mind, the circling the drain rationalisation that is keeping her fixed on the couch.
Fingers wandering along the arm of it as he moves in closer, coming to settle on her other side. The spell might break if he intervenes too much, but also, it's too late for her. Riding high, now, spiralling into coloured streamers of consciousness. He strokes her hair back away from her ear. Her neck.
"Who will you be, Deana?" he asks.
She shakes her head. Doesn't know. But there are little flickers of notions. Herself, with more money. A man, with a wife. Her teenage self, running a marathon, never stopping.