Words: Mine and Otherwise (mostly otherwise)

What do you mean when Lestat was literally split in two, when he was minutes away from dying, when he was surrounded by the shadows of his abusers and those he wronged, his decaying and failing mind went back to Louis again and again and again like it was the only beacon of light in his self-deprecating, larger-than-life, spectacular supposed failure of an existence. What do you mean Louis was the one presence that kept him grounded and made him want to defend himself against his self-made tribunal. What do you mean at the moment of his death his soul was visited by the person Louis loved most in life so that he could give them their blessing what do you mean the thing that kept him from going deranged after coming back to life was making sure that Louis was ok what do you mean could be hands touch oh my god

I think the only person I've met in real life with 100% career satisfaction was this gal I knew who was a presenter at a children's science museum and delivered every line like she was running a WWE match. Every time you passed the room where she was giving a presentation, you'd hear something like "WHO'S READY FOR CEPHALOPODS?!?" and the kids would go absolutely nuts cheering.

Wild take but I like different recipes when the ingredients are great and the cooks are talented.

stede enjoys making love with ed very much but he is sure he enjoys the afterglow even more than the act itself, because he can tell it's something neither of them have enjoyed before and he thinks he could spend a lifetime basking in it, in the soft way ed says thank you and kisses him when stede gets them both cleaned up, and in the way ed, who is pretty cuddly in normal circumstances, holds him even more tightly in those moments, and in the silly conversations they have, whispers full of laughter and wandering kisses and of stede cradling ed's face and calling him dear heart, all tender eyes and gentle fingers that make their way to ed's hair so he can get rid of any knots he is guilty of creating