Danger zone

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

[A cat-eared Liquid is walking through the halls, tail lashing. There is a half-empty bottle of bourbon in one hand and something else in the other.]

[He is shouting at no one.] Yes, I know he was an imbecile! We fought every time we were in the same room! We spent full days insulting and punching one another! He drove me mad!

[He takes a swig from the bottle, then leans against the wall.]

God, I miss him.

[He hangs his head as he laments]

We were just beginning to tolerate one another now and then. Why did the idiot have to disappear? There were times when he...I could almost say he...wasn't so bad.

[His face crumples into an expression of unbearable sadness.]

We never even finished watching his ridiculous film.

[The object he holds is a video of Top Gun.]

((Drunk, kitty-ified Liquid misses xmas_is_here. Laugh, commiserate, steal his bourbon.))

Comments

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

Maybe you got soft.

[Dorian shrugs.]

Started believing that sex was important. Went beyond the satisfaction of leaving a partner well-fucked until you stopped leaving altogether.

It happens.

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

God. I hate to say this - you have no idea how much I hate to say this - but you're right.

[he takes a good, burning swig]

I can't leave them.

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

Why not? If they are making you weak, you might as well.

[Yeah, he just doesn't get it.]

Cut the cancer away before it spreads.

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

[His face twists into fury] Shut up! You've no idea what you're talking about!

[his tail lashes angrily and the bourbon in the bottle sloshes with his gesture]

I won't give him up for anything in the bloody world!

[he doesn't even know which "him" he's talking about.]

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

[Dorian remains unperturbed and rolls his eyes at the display.]

Except for your other lovers, that is. Do they know of each other, or do you skulk around?

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

Of course they know! It's not a betrayal, I adore all of them! I don't ask them to have only me, either! Why should caring for a man make me care for another any less?!

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

It should not.

Maybe you are wrong about the reason they vanish.

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

What else could it be?

[He must have failed them, like he always fails.]

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

[He waves a hand negligently] How should I know? Maybe this place simply sends them elsewhere. There are many I've seen once and never again.

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

That's what I've always thought.

I can't ask anyone to sacrifice his freedom for me.

[you are making him a sad drunk, vampire]

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

Then do not. If they want to and are able to, they will because it is what they choose.

And it is not as if there is no one here for you to love.

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

....why are you making sense?

Of course there are. That's why I have to give them all I have while I can. All of them.

[gives him an accusing look, as though he was about to argue] There really aren't that many.

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

Because I am not drunk.

[He shrugs and holds his hands up in a placating manner.]

There may even be more than you think.

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

Even sober you usually don't make good points like that.

[regards him unsteadily] What are you talking about?

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it is because we have never spoken of such things.

[He shrugs.] Only that Liquid Snakes tend to be thought of highly here.

[whyamisobritish.livejournal.com]

Usually our conversations are mostly you trying to get into my trousers.

Popularity. [He laughs unsteadily.] I never expected to have that.

[likeavamp.livejournal.com]

At least I am consistent.

[He waves his hand] Yes, yes, you were raised to be a perfect soldier, who eats bullets for breakfast and whose tears would cure cancer if you ever cried. And now you are also well-liked. Congratulations, and all that.