#vantablack au

Like Armand is so inexperienced and that’s kind what Marius finds marketable about him, like he’s so sincere and genuine and scandalized so like once he kinda gets used to sex Marius keeps having to escalate to like more kinky and depravaed scenes to keep it fresh for him and like !!! We’ll get into more eventually like there’s nowhere to go from here but down but ! 

Imagine like Armand’s first experience with being edged?

Does Marius even warn him first?! 

Like he comes to work and Marius is like, hey I’m gonna have you and Santino do an edging video, okay? And Armand doesn’t know what the fuck that means but he’s too embarrassed to say so, so he’s just like yeah sure no problem

And so cut to like, he’s tied down to the chair, completely naked, Santino is a little terrifying and he can tell there’s some professional tension between him and Marius but he doesn’t ask, Santino has this super severe face even though he was perfectly friendly, he’s got thick long hair and huge black gloves and thick heavy Docs he’s still clothed with his shirt unbuttoned enough to see the chest hair and cross necklace and he just kneels between Armand’s legs and the handjob is so messy and slick with lube and he’s so soft spoken and friendly as he coaxes Armand through it, even though he lets go every time Armand almost gets there.

Marius is leaning in the doorway on the other side of the camera, arms crossed as he observes. Impossible to read as Santino leans in to ask Do you mind if I touch your asshole? and he’s barely whimpered out a yes before Santino’s fingers are in him, and he’s trembling all over as he tries to hold it all in.

He’s sobbing by the time it’s finished, unable to catch his breath, and his hands are tied up so he can’t wipe all the tears and snot from his face and it’s so so humiliating but Santino coos in his ear and tells him what a good job he did, and he wipes up Armand’s cum from his belly and dips his fingers into Armand’s mouth, and says quietly “What do you say? Don’t you say thank you when someone lets you come?”

And Marius compliments him later, brings him into one of the bedrooms (it looks lived in, not like the stagey ones that they shoot in) and tells him to take a shower and take as much time as he needs to come down, and he brings Armand tea and a cookie and sits with him on the edge of the bed and rubs his back as he hiccups. He’s sitting there in a towel but hadn’t even made it into the shower yet, his legs too rubbery, but Marius asks him questions about school and gets him to chat about a book he’s been reading, and after a little while he feels normal again.

It’s too embarrassing to ever check his work! He doesn’t know when it’s edited or when it gets posted!!! He isn’t even sure the name of the site!!!

But a couple weeks later Marius texts him a screenshot of the stats, the crazy amount of views, even sends him a screenshot one of the comments. cant stop watching this look how he cries 

So like Vantablack kinda utilizes the innocent and trauma, a cult background, the sort of late bloom as he comes to terms with his own sexuality. BUT! That's only half of Armand!

Because it's important to remember he will grow and shift as he like gains autonomy and confidence and experience, right? That's how we get Armand from like naive baby who stumbled into this -> someone who would axe down your door because you won't fuck him lol.

And I'm positive that Lestat has a hand in this like, Armand will learn a lot from him I think. But give it a year and Armand will be so demanding and confident and suddenly Marius has TWO brats on his hands!!!!!!!!!

and armand is like ??? a little scandalized, maybe so nervous that it takes a little work to get him hard, maybe Marius doesnt make him come and just sends him back downstairs to film and acts like it's just fluffing, and maybe !!! armand is like so expecting Marius to fuck him again but Marius never even gets undressed, and he's kinda like wtf just happened, and he doesnt know that marius came in his pants 😔

why is he anxious !?

omggggggggg yes i do :)

the thing about Marius is that in all universes, he's an artist on the inside. and I wonder if he got into this business more innocently, like, he's a pornographer but he wants his films to have artistic integrity, he cares about lighting and set design and aesthetic. his background in art & filmmaking opened a door to cash in on this industry.

but he's also become a bit trapped in the capitalism of it all, like how film industry folks will do a mainstream bullshit film for money so that they can afford to go do indy projects, right? so he's found ways to monetize his interest in filmmaking and also in the human form and he still has to uphold it as a business. (like making sure to have multiple genres & revenue streams at all times, like recording & publishing casting couch videos since he's gonna be doing the interview anyway, might as well!)

so I think there are times he still wants to make something just for himself, and not 100% in a creepy way (maybe like 30% creepy way) but just because sometimes he still wants to feel like an artist and still wants to create things for himself.

and Armand is like, so uniquely & otherworldly beautiful that there's almost an instinct to study him like a bug and admire his form. I'm sure he's had Armand record solo videos and he relies on Armand being too squeamish to check their website to see if they ever made it!!!!! HOW DESENSITIZED HAS MARIUS BECOME TO HIS JOB AND WHEN DOES HE START FEELING AGAIN?

I think that would be lovely and fun!!!!

I’ve written a bit of this kink for Sheith fandom LOL but i realllllly love when this type of play can be done in public because it’s so subtle. Like Armand can be carrying that around in his tumbler all day and no one has any idea!!

especially if it’s like an insulated tumblr, it would take hours and hours to melt, and the taste would slowly change over the course of the day! I wonder if he’s the type of neurodivergent where he really loses steam towards the end of the day—especially if he’s a student, like if he really struggles in his last class of the day—like really very done masking and having a hard time staving off the sensory overload, really wants to go home, and that’s when his drink starts tasting super bitter and weird and it gives him the second wind to make it!!!

I love this idea as a human AU in general for any situation but I think you sent it when we were taking about Vantablack so like I wonder if you intended for it to be noncon/non-negotiated LOL. Poor naive Armand doesn’t know why his drink tastes funny !!

but at what point does his relationship with Marius become unprofessional, does he realize that being dommed actually helps him focus so much, he’s doing better in school, getting the best sleep of his life, etc. How long before Marius being his manager or employer of sorts evolve to a 24/7 dynamic in which he lets Marius help him with structure and routine ? Does Marius text him to remind him to take his meds, and ask for a selfie with them on his tongue? (does he FaceTime to watch armand swallow them with one of these special drinks?) Does he demand Armand send him pictures of his kitchen to prove the dishes are done? Imagine him asking for a selfie while he’s in class or maybe even wanting to watch live through the webcam on Armand’s laptop to make sure he’s staying hydrated, and Armand is being watched as the drinks it in front of his class?