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Lingering Glance
🕑 Added 2025-03-11 22:15:59 +0000 UTCOut of context, this story seems like a comedy. š
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You throw a piece of bread at him.
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Alessa stabs the baked potato.
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You wipe your mouth with the back of your hand. "Shit's putting it mildly."
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But Lance doesn't seem the slightest bit bothered. "And you, Alessa White, how do you fare in the noble art of hosting?"
Alessa redirects her arched brow from you to him. "I know not. I have never hosted."
"Somehow, that does not surprise me."
Alessa takes another sip of wine. "Indeed. Nor would it surprise me if this was not the first time you have invited yourself for supper, bard. 'Tis the only way you are ever invited at all."
Lance's gold tooth flashes. From behind the glass, you see Alessa's lips curling in a sharp smile.
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"Did you wait with bathed breath?" you whisper against her lips.
From the corner of your eyes, you see Hadrian tilting his head back and staring sufferingly at the ceiling.
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Hadrian chews a particularly stringy piece of meat. "Took me a year with the Company to get rid of that habit," he says. "The first time I ate in the stronghold, Iā I had to take my food and eat outside." He lowers his voice. "Alone."
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The bard bows dramatically.
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Almost done with the draft!!!! Rafael, that bastard, fought with me in his last scene every step of the way, but I finally wrestled it out of him. š
Comments
mila (yugocar)
ana i genuinely laughed out loud at that
Anathema
Hadrian 'I don't even make minimum wage' White
Anathema
Yup! It's all light banter and easy smiles š
mila (yugocar)
comedy compilation set to mii music of friend-hadrian having to suffer through romanus flirting with everything that moves. that man is NOT getting paid enough
nico
The merry band having dinner together i am tearing up. They're so funny I can't wait for the jabs and quips! Also Hadrian suffering near Romanus and a romanced Alessa he's got such sibiling energy when he's high friendship</3
Rue
What a happy family dinner! I'm sure there are no underlying tensions and dramatic subtexts behind each interaction at all. Just a bunch of friends sharing a meal, surely!
