#vindictes

Archer wasn’t one for vulnerability, for each part of him was methodically kept, he saw the same in Giovanni too. He decides to call it professionalism, yet another thing Archer sought to conserve the integrity of but in doing so he was only averting his gaze from a truth he was yet to grapple with. Vulnerability meant he was more than a valuable asset, more than a dog eager to prove its loyalty. It meant he was human, decidedly so. And once he could accept that, he could no longer entirely repress the human-longing that festered within him. Professionalism, he had reminded himself incisively as the door to the boss’s home opened for him, golden light spilling across his solemn features, cast in shadow. Professionalism, he had felt it in his mouth as he reached for an apt response, his eyes searching Giovanni’s for the answer to a question he had yet to define. Professionalism, thawing away as his eyes followed the way his deft hands not only accepted the crystalline bottle but the responsibility of pouring it as well. How could he avert his gaze now, with Giovanni standing before him, framed in a way that compelled Archer’s eyes to never once stray. “ Giovanni.” He had to take a moment to not only feel how it felt to say his name but to savor it, seldom would either of them be given the chance to partake like this, it was almost enough to make him greedy. “ I’ll remember that.” There was a severity to the way Archer said it, as if he were swearing a solemn vow rather than merely following his boss’s lead. But even as Giovanni’s touch receded Archer felt the impression of his hand, that briefest of touch, like a searing brand, he doesn’t tense up at it, but it’s enough to make his next breath hesitant. “ I’ll be in your care then.” As always goes unspoken but both of them understand it, explicitly so. Archer had always been in his care, really, it’s an integral part of what made him so fiercely loyal. But here, unguarded without even his gloves to keep his hands clean, it took on an entirely different meaning.  @vindictes continued from.

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