A split second where Louis can't. Doesn't. Where Daniel says this and Louis believes him, because he's asking about now, not then. Things change. Louis left him with Armand. Daniel is a vampire now. Some of the ease ebbs out of Louis' body, tension flowing in after.
"Okay," first, and then, "I see."
Recalibrating. Feeling Daniel's pulse beat beneath the scarring, the warmth of his skin. Fitting in friendzoned alongside everything else they've said, that Daniel's said.
Turns over a handful of things in his mind. Stalls on what to say, what to ask. So looks at Daniel instead, into his face, his fingers still at Daniel's neck even as he loosens his grip on Daniel's chin. A little compromise, while Louis finds his footing.
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"Okay," first, and then, "I see."
Recalibrating. Feeling Daniel's pulse beat beneath the scarring, the warmth of his skin. Fitting in friendzoned alongside everything else they've said, that Daniel's said.
Turns over a handful of things in his mind. Stalls on what to say, what to ask. So looks at Daniel instead, into his face, his fingers still at Daniel's neck even as he loosens his grip on Daniel's chin. A little compromise, while Louis finds his footing.