@WVRSTTHING Andrianos stood frozen in place.
Miraculously, he hadn't dropped the large, heavy box of glass bottles and vials. Instead, he clutched it tighter. He was too shocked to have been able to do anything. And even if he could, what would he have done? +
@WVRSTTHING What should any normal person do in this situation? What was the right reaction to discovering a naked blonde man laying lifeless on the bed that you left empty yesterday morning? +
@WVRSTTHING He swallowed again, seemingly relieved that it was no longer in his mouth. It tasted like blood, and old soot. Neither of which he liked.
"Andrianos," he said, distracted. He was not looking at the Prince, then. He was preoccupied by the wound at his side. It sickened +
@CVNTSMAN He laughed an odd sound at that. Odd, in the sense that you wouldn't know if it was a laugh or a sob if you hadn't looked at his face. "If I ask nicely..." The demigod swallowed thickly.
"Zephyr is a fitting name," he quickly added. "Your voice does make me think of the wind."
@CVNTSMAN "A drink sounds lovely." He blinked. Andrianos gathered his things back into his bag, clearing his throat. Yes. That sounded right. He could get to know him first.
@CVNTSMAN He had no idea how this was supposed to work - but dinner sounded like a great start. Or at least he thought it did. It had to, right? But he wasn't exactly hungry. If anything, his anxiousness made him feel as though he was about to throw up. So maybe not dinner. But maybe -
@CVNTSMAN the first time he's been asked to be bedded, but it would be the first time he had the thought of saying yes. And gods, why would he think of such a thing! Who did he think he was?!
"That's very flattering of you," he tried, face beet red. "I-I just don't think I've- well-"
@CVNTSMAN "AH!" came his loud, startled exclamation. His ears turned a bright red, blood igniting beneath his flesh. He... he meant /that/, didn't he?!
Andrianos dropped his things completely, his arms turning into a cluster of numb fumbling appendages. "Ah, well I-" This wouldn't be +
@WVRSTTHING only, with a smaller chance of getting killed. He was so eager to believe that he was going to be treated well. Thus, he made a constant fool of himself.
@WVRSTTHING heard the Prince right. "Please, stay. Just for a while.."
Ironically, this naive desperation for kindness was what put the knife in him in the first place. Now he was here, making the same mistake, +