rose colored boy

the first of the pandemic prompts! i took the liberty of making it a modern au because i can. requested by @raventaire (x)

“Sweet mother, I cannot weave — slender Aphrodite has overcome me with longing for a girl.” - Sappho (tr. Diane Rayor)

finished my re-read of the raven king a couple of days ago & i wanted to challenge myself so i decided to illustrate one of my fave scenes in the book! i am by no means a comic artist so i hope this is ok :””)

bonus:

“Who said ‘please’ that made you hate the word so much?”

Kevin started to say something Neil knew would be negative and dismissing. Neil reached behind Andrew and popped Kevin in the back of the head to shut him up. Matt choked on a laugh and tried unsuccessfully to pass it off as a cough. Kevin froze for a startled second, then sent Neil a scathing look.

“No one wants to hear that right now.” Neil said. 

“If you hit me again,” Kevin started.

Andrew cut in with a casual, “You’ll what?”

Kevin shut up but didn’t look happy about it