"...I’ve been calling to you for some time. And now here I am, and you can rest. I am the quiet you’ve been longing for. After all the garishness of life, the jostling, the clawing, the dull thrum of desperation in you...Will I get the fixes I need? Will I be somebody? Will I get the fixes I need to be somebody? But, Daniel, you already know who you’ll be...An ugly duplex back in Modesto. A job in an office with drab carpets and flickering lights. A woman in the mold of your mother, vacuuming on valium. A genteel drinking problem, like your father. Your wife counting down your thrusts. Your children shying away from you. All the confidence and hope of your youth replaced by a seething, boiling regret. Until one day, you’re at a traffic light. The light turns green, horns honking. You don’t move. Horns honking. You don’t move. A comfortable chair in a room that slants to the north. An easeful death...Rest. It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay. It’ll feel like a bath. Rest. Like honey on your tongue. It is the comfort we all long for. The end. Rest. Come. Come. I’ll hold you, you rest now."
-The Vampire Armand speaking to a young Daniel Molloy, IWTV Season 2, Episode 5: "Don't Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape"
Brilliantly written. 🖤
