#yarnsnake

to start at the beginning, its pretty similar. a young stolas is informed that he is to be married off when he reaches maturity with the intention of creating an heir. to cure his sulking, his father, king paimon, dumps him at the local circus, where he meets "blitzo" for the first time. a young "female" envy imp living in the greed ring (with a greed imp father and a half succubus, half envy-imp mother). stolas immediately takes a liking to ""her"", so paimon buys the clown with the intention of having them live at the palace as a servant/jester type for the forseeable future.

while at the palace, for the good of their family, blitzo steals whatever they can while playing with the young prince. but they actually do form a connection and blitzo does, at least a little pity the loneliness stolas feels. stolas actually DOES notice that their new friend is robbing them in broad daylight, but could not care less if it means having a friend. unfortunately, his family DOES care (once they notice the thievery) and sends blitzo back to the circus

blitzo and stolas, for a while, become pen pals, writing letters and exchanging gifts over the mail. they actually did enjoy each others company, and miss having a playmate already. eventually, with the help of their mother, blitzo is able to start regularly visiting stolas' castle! every few weeks or so, he comes over, they play, and he sneaks out again before the rest of his family notices. occasionally hell take a valuable or two with him on the way out, not that stolas cares. but the sloppier he gets, the more the goetia's and the palace guard take notice, and they start heightening the security measures. blitzo has to start finding more and more convoluted entrances and exits in the castle, where he can sneak around the guards or cameras or whatever else they have installed. as stolas learns magic, this becomes easier and easier for them to get around, especially ith the use of portals. blitzo also transitions around this era, and starts going by 'blitz', which he feels is more masculine. he starts painting his horns and dying his hair (he later gives up on dying it bc its a pain). but one day, in their teenage years, blitz's visits stop coming, the letters stop, as well, and all the letters stolas sends get returned because they can no longer find his address. he has no idea this is because blitz's home, and much of his family was taken in a fire, and he does his best to move on. he gets married, has a kid, and settles back into the lonely lifestyle. stella isnt physically abusive, but she is rather traditional, and is trying to raise octavia to be the same way. she looks down on the lower class while stolas has a much more 'humanized' view of them, with the memories of blitz fresh in his mind.

eventually, blitz tries to break in using his mental map of how to get around security. he fails, and is captured, and brought to stolas, who pulls him from the guards and brings him to his room. blitz had come here with the intention of stealing his grimoire, as he has the idea for human-killing, and simply has no means to get there. he opts for this, rather than an asmodean crystal, just because he believes itd be easier (the process for getting one if you dont work directly for a distributor is a real legal pain, and impossible if you want to do freelance). when hes 'caught' by stolas, he worries that he doesnt recognize him, only to be pleasantly surprised when he actually does! stolas is excited to see him, in fact, and they sit and talk and catch up. just like when he was younger, blitz is surprised by how easy he is to talk to, and surprised by how much they have in common. they dont sleep together, but stolas does insist that he stay the night (non-sexually), since he knows he didnt used to live nearby. on the way out the next morning, blitz steals the book, as guilty as he feels about doing so. because of this guilt, he leaves his business card behind. he plans on finding a way to copy the page with the spell, and then give the whole thing back. but, just like when they were younger, stolas DOES notice he stole something, and just...hardly cares. he does still NEED the book, though, so he calls blitz (using the number he gave him) and offers to work something out. but, rather than a sexual exchange (or, really, an exchange at all) he just suggests that they start spending time together again. hes lonely, and that small reminder of what it was like to have a friend has made it worse. he honestly just misses him. blitz has his own friends and family now, but he finds himself missing stolas too, and thinks its only fair that he keeps him company. so, once a month on the full moon, he comes over (still sneaking around, to avoid the eyes of his wife and child) to visit. eventually, predictably, this blossoms into a sexual relationship, and then a romance, even further into the future :>

this is all pre-show events so i havent even touched on anything that really happens ""on screen"" so to speak but heres some backstory on the set up in my au!!!!! since im sure some people are shocked at me opnely whining about stolitz and then drawing them all the time LMAOO. im just a friends to lovers truther what can i say