‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞

⠀⠀⠀“⠀⠀𝒻𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠⠀⠀、is ⠀⠀a⠀⠀⠀𝓈tre͟ngth⠀⠀⠀⠀‧ ⁺⠀⠀i've ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀yet⠀⠀⠀⠀.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀to⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝓁earn

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

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‍‍⠀ ‍‍⠀ ‍‍⠀ ‍‍ ‍‍⠀♱‍

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

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⠀ ⠀ ⠀˖︵ ꕀ⠀ ♱⠀ i can't 𝙱𝚄𝚁𝚈 my head, under the 𝓈and —— and hope it makes me 𝒻eel ⠀┈─ 𝐋 𝐄 𝐒 𝐒
⠀

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

with your favor .. if i may petition to have a select few of those you deem too young saved ..

[𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 K͟E͟P͟T͟. @bloodmatriarch]

all but the queen’s blood and the first brood are young to me, princeling. i may favor you, but you have walked only a blip of the time i have been in existence.

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

ma reine .. forgive me. i've spoken out of turn. but please, won't you elaborate ?

[𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 K͟E͟P͟T͟. @bloodmatriarch]

who are you to speak to me like that? do you know that i will flambée de vampire all those you hold dear with a snap of my fingers?

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

what's classified as a baby vampire to you. QUICKLY 🎤

[𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 K͟E͟P͟T͟. @bloodmatriarch]

these baby vampires think they’re going to live to 1000.

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

effortlessly rejoining the conversation at hand, despite his attention being solely fixed upon 𝒉𝒆𝒓.

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

⠀⠀𝒻anfare 𖬺͟ revelry, hardly new to him; a monotonous cycle that came as party to the stage persona he had dawned for too many lifetimes.

he laughed, 𝒻lirted, danced⠀┈─ none of it meant a thing to him.

[݁ ‍ 𝓭𝒐͟𝒍͟𝒍‍ ‍𝙵𝙰𝙲𝙴 ‍⋆ 𐙚 ̊ @luxsatis]

┈ in such displays of instant gratification. after she made quite a few rounds , she opted for sitting on a loveseat — staring @waslelio down from the short distance with arms crossed and brows furrowed ... still holding ┈

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

allowing his voice to carry through to her mind, his gaze finally lands upon her; curiosity sparking to life behind a pale blue.

⠀⠀⠀𝒔𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓, this time, conveniently enough, he had enough sense to remain discreet.

[cuntessa @vampiresslestat]

the walk and her hand behind her back is actually driving me crazy with desire

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

.. begs him to. that he's 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅. that he's lonely—— terrified of another night surrounded by those who only know him for what he's done for himself the last few years.

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

⠀⠀⠀" come with me, to one of my shows ," a 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 shot, he knows, though pleading, blue eyes peer up at the other anyway. he leans forward in his seat, elbows resting on the tops of his thighs.

[𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐃𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐒 @ANCIENTVAMPlRE]

"yes..." he nods.

he knows the nonchalance is just a facade, a defense mechanism. he doesn't take offense to it, nor can he really judge him. everyone has their masks, even marius.

he slowly retracts his hand to give him some space back, but his attention remains on him. —

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

" it is safe; there's no threat of discovery—— everyone thinks that the vampire shtick is a facade, or calling card, anyway ." he reaches for the same hand that had retracted.

" 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 ?" he won't say what his mind ..

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

⠀⠀⠀𝒓efusing to leave his coffin. he isn't in the mood, today.

[Beautiful unwell Eliany🩷 @DVampireEliany]

He just realized he has to let the band go 🥺

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

⠀
⠀

[ʜᴜꜱᴛʟᴇʀ. @hustle_huzza]

so here's a thought

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

⠀⠀⠀ 𖬺͟ to coffin he goes⠀┈─ adding to his irritation with the slamming of the lid. bonne nuit.

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

then again, there was a reason that he was here, in the first place. why he'd found himself back at the elders' side just as he'd been all those year before.

⠀⠀⠀" .. i suppose that's why i'm here ."

[‍‍˖ ࣪ ˒ ⌗ ‍‍‍‍‍𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡┈ ‍‍‍‍‍𝐩𝐫͟𝐢͟𝐧͟𝐜𝐞 @waslelio]

scoffing, he finally tears his gaze away long enough to resume the usual air of nonchalance that he'd address anyone else with.

⠀⠀⠀" come to you ?" he echoes, as if the thought itself had never occurred to him.

[𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐃𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐒 @ANCIENTVAMPlRE]

"it is now, but it won't be forever. you mustn't let it be."

it'd be too much of a shame to see it eat him up like that, or worse, chase after it.

"i am old. i have had centuries more time to practice such discipline."

hardly a fair comparison, though he understands the —