#laurent.

CHRISTMAS PROMPTS. ( @cflight )

       Though he's a stranger to the normalcy of the world before all of this hell was unleashed upon them, the one thing he knows well from the Before Times is love. Therefore, there isn't a moment of hesitation as he saps up the attention, despite not knowing Pat all that well. He's just like a little puppy!

       If he's honest, Laurent is grateful that his intelligence hasn't been underestimated by Darla. While he understands a typical adult's desire to attempt to preserve his innocence, the truth is that he's been privy to details far more mature than he should be for years— and he's only thirteen as it is.

       When he tilts his head slightly, as if to view her from a new perspective, his thick brown curls go with it, bouncing animatedly like a puppy's ears might.

       ❛ Do you not understand it because you can't or because you won't? ❜  Getting a solid read on Darla is difficult, though he suspects it's because she's hiding. A lot of people don't want their true selves to be known, and as such they pretend to be somebody else. Laurent has always been good at seeing through veneers of that nature— but that doesn't necessarily mean he knows the person behind it, only that it's there.  ❛ If it's because you won't, why is that? Are you afraid of yourself? ❜

       Immediately, Laurent's eyes blow wide. While he knows that Stiles is joking ( well, probably... ), the assertion that he could kill someone for a bit of processed meat still shocks him.

       Quickly, the boy takes his hand, giving it a tight squeeze.