MOVED TO VEINSTATE.

i’m moving all of victor’s threads over to @veinstate so i can keep track of things, actually be active, and give vic the attention he deserves. i have other ocs over there too, who are also super cool ( i hope ). u should come rp with my ass.

        “—Thanks.” Victor takes a half moment to steady himself, then gives a brisk nod. “Alright. Time for... walking sedately out of suspicious buildings and trying not to attract too much notice. It’s fine.” He gives a glance to the end of the corridor, still careful. “I think we’re that way.”

         “Thought so. Maybe I could fall and stab myself on something just so you can feel more at home— I mean, it’s only polite.” It really shouldn’t be this rare, but here they are. It’s definitely not a bad thing, though. “I try, I try. It’s all in my secret weapon, you see: I try to make sure that not letting me in would be slightly less convenient for you.”

        Oh, and there’s no way Victor can help the soft, genuinely warm smile that colours his expression at that compliment. He both appreciates it and makes it obvious, at least. “Pretty sure you just scuppered any chance I did have of being smooth by flustering me, but. I can try.” He’s still rather too busy being flattered, though.

        “Probably not,” Victor agrees, but that doesn’t stop him sounding all-too-cheerful when he says it. “Too much of that probably ends in a suicide pact.”

        “I know, I know. I look so different without the aura of blood loss exhaustion.” He steps inside anyway, rolling his eyes at Sebastian’s comment. “Your common sense is terrible. My whole life is essentially just a war against your common sense, at this point.” And his own, too, when it comes to being near Seb at all.

        “No, really— it’s fine. It’s just coffee.” It’s hardly the most important thing in the world. Victor smiles all the same, almost genuine. “I mean... you could keep me company while I try to think of something smooth to say.”