"What were you even doing in there?"
He looks up, a frown on his browβand yes, even a pout to his lips. If you squint.
"Don't tell me you've been cooking for the groupies."
"You've been away, mon amour."
For ten minutes. In the kitchen. Doing devil knows what.
Lestat buries his face in Louis' belly, positively purring.
"I missed you."