♡ — for @arcvdes / continued from here
operating outside of the law like noeul did came with its consequences, yet he had no regrets about the path that he had carved for himself and the members of elixir. he practiced his own form of justice, having spent so long in the gutter that he had grown tired of being told to accept scraps and to embrace the filth and grime while those more privileged crushed him beneath their heel. but his intention was never to drag anyone unwillingly down the rabbit hole with him. vesper was a bystander, someone that stood in the sun and could hold his head high in the light of day. he needed to be kept unmarred. those doe eyes need not be exposed to the worst of noeul’s world, to the worst of him. “i’ll be fine.” the assertion came through a shaky exhale. “i don’t do hospitals. best that you not ask why. you’re already too involved. we need to get you out of here before the wrong people remember your face and associate you too closely with me.”
