***

Enjolras pressed his hand with a smile. This smile was not ended when the report resounded.

Jayce gasps when the next page of the newspaper comes into view. “Ohhh, yes,” he gushes over the picture of a topless Viktor, smouldering and leaning languidly next to a stack of books, “this one is going to be framed.”

Viktor rolls his eyes and clucks his tongue, uncomfortable with the attention.

“See Viktor? I told you. Hot. Nobody could argue with the evidence here; just look at this sexy genius at work.”

“None of those books or papers had anything to do with each other, by the way,” Viktor says, attempting to put distance between himself and Jayce’s compliments like he's afraid he'll get burned if they land too close. “It’s just a random selection that the photographer wanted for props. It’s all bullshit.”

“Sexy bullshit.” Jayce insists, raising his eyebrows suggestively.

Viktor laughs. “I’ll trust you as the expert on bullshit,” he points to the words of the interview accusingly, “what is all this? What on earth are you talking about here? So many words to say exactly nothing.”

“It’s called ‘curating a public image,’ Viktor. Try it sometime.”

“It’s called ‘bullshit.’”

Interview text:

He got too excited 🌚

Full on Bluesky (ririsfilthyart) and under cut

pulled out my tongue so i can't speak the truth

the picture in my vision

Renewal, pages 9-13/32

"Small favors <3"

The curse upon the Dragon Knight

“Boogie Street ‘52, Revachol” (Kim has this in his wallet)

here is a map of the path of the eclipse (from timeanddate)