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Jun 17, 2015 16:17:21 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 17, 2015 16:17:21 GMT -5
He's nothing like the king Chevalier would protest. He cares about the well-being of the boy, what happens to him when he has finished being the livestock for the royal strigoi. What will the king do to him when he's finished? What if he gets bored with the boy? Chevalier honestly has no clue if the king would even toss him away, but he knows for sure that he himself wouldn't.
This boy is precious, full of so much energy and life. He's so stubborn and hard-headed, the perfect attitude and personality for the type of life he's having to live.
The blonde leans down and drags his iron-stained tongue along the rolling bead of blood, licking up along the boy's chest and shoulder. He seems to make more of a mess than cleaning it up, seeing how his tongue smears the blood as it drags along.
"I'm sorry," he apologizes for his hunger and places a soft kiss to the wounds on Judah's neck.
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Jun 17, 2015 18:23:52 GMT -5
Post by judah stafford on Jun 17, 2015 18:23:52 GMT -5
he is disposable, and he doesn't care. his purpose is same as the king's. bring down those above. single-minded and uncompromising. chevalier is one of the above, but he doesn't think of this now. he feels too light-headed for those heavy thoughts.
judah keeps a tight (weakening) hold on him to keep steady. he groans a little as chevalier licks up the blood.
"why?"
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Jun 17, 2015 18:42:58 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 17, 2015 18:42:58 GMT -5
"For draining you," he replies, his mouth thick and sticky as he speaks. He licks his lips clean and holds Judah steady, feeling that grip starting to get weaker. "You've been through too much. I've been greedy."
He hates how he's become such a monster, but he's also accepted this fact. He drinks without shame of himself, but feels sorry for the livestock he holds dear.
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Jun 17, 2015 19:16:11 GMT -5
Post by judah stafford on Jun 17, 2015 19:16:11 GMT -5
he knows the answer without hearing it. pity. that judah is trapped, property of the king. they both are. judah shakes his head, leans in to peck him on the lips.
but judah has more freedom than is usual for livestock. he has plenty of opportunity to run - how far he would make it is uncertain. he's tried, but not for years. he leans against chevalier's chest, freeing his hands to press a palm against the fresh wound, a half-hearted attempt to staunch the bleeding.
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Jun 17, 2015 20:02:22 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 17, 2015 20:02:22 GMT -5
Chevalier has also thought about how far he would make it if he was to run. Where would he go? He's at least guaranteed safety here, wealth and moderate power. Anywhere else and he would have to fend for himself.
The man is like a house broken cat, raised from birth inside walls. He wouldn't know how to survive on his own even if he was able to run. All his life he's been pampered, though against his will. Even so, his instincts were taken from him long ago.
He reaches into his bedside drawer and pulls out a cloth, folded, and presses it to Judah's neck. "What if I took over?" His eyes look to the younger male's. "What if I became king?"
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Jun 17, 2015 20:48:41 GMT -5
Post by judah stafford on Jun 17, 2015 20:48:41 GMT -5
wincing a little, judah shifts his hand to can press the cloth to his neck. there will probably be a delicious purple bruise for the king to see.
he smiles (his smiles always seem sad, there's no true happiness to be found here) and climbs out of chevalier's lap. he leans back against the bedframe. gingerly, he lets go to sign, "it would be the same." he can be candid on where they disagree - they're talking of mutiny, after all.
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Jun 17, 2015 20:59:54 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 17, 2015 20:59:54 GMT -5
'Would you try to rebel against me?' he asks, sitting on the edge of the bed as he watches the boy sign. His fingers are so small compared to his own. "If I were a better king? We could live how I spoke of before."
The kingdom would be his to rule. No more kings for him to serve. He would be his own master and Judah... "You could be my royal consort."
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Jun 17, 2015 21:43:51 GMT -5
Post by judah stafford on Jun 17, 2015 21:43:51 GMT -5
at least chevalier bothered to learn to sign, he's one of the few people judah can hold a real conversation with. sometimes judah wonders if that's why the king chose him - because he's so easy to isolate.
he doesn't think long on his answer. "yes. i don't think it would be any different." chevalier is still a strigoi, he is still royalty; he is a different sort of prisoner - one who hasn't know freedom. "i don't want to be one of you. if you hate being a consort, what would be any different for me?"
judah doesn't hate chevalier. he likes the freedom to speak his mind.
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Jun 17, 2015 21:49:44 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 17, 2015 21:49:44 GMT -5
He glances to the side, a little hurt by this response. How can he be surprised, though? Judah makes a good point. But...
"I wouldn't turn you," he corrects the livestock. "I wouldn't put you through that torture."
And if the shoe was on the other foot, "If you were king, I would be your consort." For someone like Chevalier, he has odd childlike tendencies.
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Jun 17, 2015 22:04:54 GMT -5
Post by judah stafford on Jun 17, 2015 22:04:54 GMT -5
for someone so large and imposing, chevalier is always gentle - with judah, he is. he looks hurt, and judah almost relishes it - very rarely does he have the opportunity or strength to hurt anyone.
knowing he wouldn't - or won't - be turned is a nice sentiment. judah is aware of his frailty, always; and he wouldn't know what to do with immortality.
"if i were king, i'd do away with the titles, with the court." he's still drowsy and weak, but there's something a little enthusiastic in the motions. reckless, aspiring. the sort of thoughts he would never usually entertain.
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Jun 19, 2015 19:08:17 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 19, 2015 19:08:17 GMT -5
"A brave move." Chevalier smiles, something warm and it fills his chest. "I would support you, right by your side."
He stands, walks out of the room for a moment, though returns shortly with more juice for the young man that occupies his bed. The strigoi hands it over, taking a seat next to him.
"I won't drink again from you tonight," he states softly. "I feel too guilty."
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Jun 19, 2015 21:02:49 GMT -5
Post by judah stafford on Jun 19, 2015 21:02:49 GMT -5
he quirks a brow. chevalier looks a true noble, and maybe that's how he sees the world. that's how he sees judah. but there's nothing brave about it, survival, base and savage. there's nothing brave about letting himself be pampered as a pet by the king. of letting his consort fuck him, out of spite. (and nothing else, he tells himself, head bowed and eyes shut).
chevalier stands and judah doesn't look up until he feels his weight beside him, his warmth against him.
judah shrugs, takes the glass.
"for what? staying alive?" there isn't anything necessarily sympathetic in his expression, only an earnest question.
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Jun 19, 2015 21:40:07 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 19, 2015 21:40:07 GMT -5
"I could have used someone else, let you rest, but I was greedy. I didn't need your blood." He sat there for a moment, thinking on it. "I wanted it."
Sometimes he gets those urges, to feed just because. Gluttonous desire, that's what it is. To eat because it's readily available, not because he needs it to survive. "You need it to stay alive just as much as I do," though very differently.
He leans forward and kisses the livestock's lips, sweet and acidic on his tongue. "You should be less aloof."
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Jun 20, 2015 23:21:24 GMT -5
Post by judah stafford on Jun 20, 2015 23:21:24 GMT -5
judah knows chevalier wouldn't bring someone else here, not to see them like this, not to destroy the intimacy. he's a romantic. god only knows how, when every union he's ever been in has been political.
though judah doubts he is the first sordid affair of chevalier's. that he's the only young and pretty thing he's ever kept a secret.
when they kiss, he can taste his own blood. it doesn't disgust him, it doesn't spark anything but the observation. this is my blood, this is my worth, this is how they live.
he washes the taste from his mouth with a swig of juice, balancing the glass precariously on the bed, smiling weakly. "less aloof? should i wax poetic to the king about what we did?"
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Jun 20, 2015 23:32:00 GMT -5
Post by Chevalier on Jun 20, 2015 23:32:00 GMT -5
"You wouldn't harm me, Judah," he replies, lifting his hands to pet along the sides of that slender face, so soft his skin is against his palm. Chevalier isn't afraid of being found out from Judah throwing him under the bus, so to speak. "Even with beautiful words, drizzled with honey, Myron would be displeased."
Unsavory, that's what this whole thing is. Though as he says this, he knows better.
"Perhaps he already knows," the blonde ponders, eyes locking onto the livestock's.
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