Vamptember Day 23: Cigarette

Vamptember Day 23: Cigarette

Armand enjoys a quiet night with a pack of cigarettes - until Lestat appears, leading up to an emotional confession and flirtatious indulgement. Rating: Mature ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [...]

Armand threw his cigarette into the ashtray and grabbed the whole pack. He looked around to see if any humans from the nearby buildings were watching him – negative. So, with his usual grace, he leapt from the window, floating down to the soft grass below. He much preferred it to the harsh feeling of stone under his bare feet.

Lestat turned around, looking a bit startled, but then smiled.

“Can I have one?” He asked, pointing at the pack.

“That is why I brought them.”

“Now, now,” Lestat said teasingly, “we both know that you aren’t done with smoking for the night.” Armand frowned but handed him a cigarette. Lestat was not wrong. Sometimes, indulging helped clear his mind.

Armand flicked his fingers, lighting it for him.

“Thank you,” he mumbled, inhaling the smoke so deeply that a quarter of the cigarette burned down at once.

Armand watched him closely, noticing the way the cigarette’s glow cast a calm yet haunting light across Lestat’s face. There was something peaceful about it, but also—something else.

Perhaps he could find his own peace tonight, through Lestat’s presence.

But the quiet moment didn’t last long. Armand remembered the unusual reaction from earlier.

“Lestat, why did you react so strangely when I implied that you would be Rapunzel?” Armand asked, remembering to smile to portray his friendly intention.

Lestat’s face flushed slightly after he exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, almost as if he’d been caught off guard. He must have fed recently to make that bodily reaction happen.

“It’s … well. If you must know. You called me princess. I liked that.” [...]

Sam Reid for like two fucking years: Nobody has seen the real Lestat yet.

The real Lestat:

Post Dubai - what if they were active Twitter users

(and yes, the personal matter is Daniel suddenly being a fledgling, lol)

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Me: Okay so when I'm creating my new pen-and-paper character, I will for once stay away from anything to do with vampires and give my brain a pause from IWTV and the vampire chronicles in general. I'm perfectly able to think about something else, to keep myself from the fandom for like two hours. ... proceeds to create a dramatic backstory about a gothic twink named Vincent, who became a media star by writing and directing movies about VAMPIRES. And yes, probably those vampires are also gay.

like, I know my hyperfixations all right, but how the hell did this series manage to take my brain hostage like that? omfg xD

He was some kind of a man… What does it matter what you say about people?