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Narrows his eyes. C'mon, man!

Pretend?!

Kinda makes it hard to be taken seriously!

//Daniel: I do not "have PTSD," that is all just the wizard's curse. Daniel: The wizard is my vampire boyfriend, but that is not relevant.

"I've accepted my fate." He was teasing. One little dip in his brain would show that Daniel felt safest when he felt the vampire's eyes on him. When he knew he was being watched.

"I know." Pats his bed, an offer for him to join. "Always lurking in the shadows." He was smiling as he said it. Maybe his brain is wired wrong, but he finds it comforting.

Slowly but surely turning pink. "... Get out of the closet or wherever you're hiding and come here."

... Really? He could?

Daniel's a lucky guy, then.

Gonna be his guardian devil?

For now, nobody? He just seems eccentric?

How to explain to your stalker than you're NOT cheating on him, someone else just broke into your apartment???

(Stays laying in his bed. Face down. As if he's not worried about the man under his bed in the slightest.) To quote you: that'd be telling. Look, can this wait 'til morning? I have an appointment with another guy and he'll be upset if someone else is under my bed.

... Does this doctor have fangs or drugs?

Opening his window before crawling into bed. It would be a shame if a monster hid in the shadows or something...

"You underestimate how much I'd like seeing that. So long as you paid to have it fixed." He flushed a deep red when he saw the gesture. He took the rose, twirling it around in his fingers with a little smile. Nobody had given him a flower ━

"Affliction? Interesting way to describe it." He's taking notes in his mind. Werewolves are real. Alright. That's a fact he now knows.

Daniel had never spent so much time on his appearance in his life. He dug through his clothes to find a decent shirt, shaved, and sat in front of the mirror trying to get his hair to cooperate. The feeling of eyes on him signaled Armand's presence. "Did you come in through the door or the window?"

Daniel squinted at him as if trying to judge if he's fucking with him or not. Are werewolves real too? "Yeah, yeah. I don't listen to warnings." He moved forward, eyes curious. "You're a fucking werewolf?"

Yeah. Both because he's a vampire /and/ because he flipped through Daniel's mind like a magazine. Neither can he.

He went to say something. Stopped. Tilted his head to the side. "You're not one to talk? Why not?"

Information? 🥺

Everything? Is he sure about that? Yeah? This is gonna be a fun night, then.

He does --?! Uh. He means: It's Valentine's Day, he's gonna try to clean up. Don't expect it any other day of the year.

<- Is the devil's minion and he grants his every wish.

Daniel really is in charge.

Depends what counts as 'many.' He knows a couple.

A couple of hours after sunset? Give Armand some time to pick out his preferred flavor enhancer and Daniel some time to try and be presentable for once?

Daniel likes being bitten, so this can pretty much count as a joint gift.

//Elsa watching Armand and Daniel like: 😐

Yeah, alright. Sounds good to Daniel. That way, he can pick what he wants to taste in his blood.

Done. He'll even make sure the chocolate comes in one of those heart-shaped boxes.

He can set fire with his mind, he doesn't need a furnace. Ooh! Maybe /Daniel/ could eat a bunch of chocolate and then, like, let him drink from him until he passes out?

Maybe flowers? Think he'd like flowers?

Huh. Alright. Next question: What do you get a vampire stalker for Valentine's Day? He's not gonna like chocolate.

Quick question: Is it weird to buy a Valentine's Day gift for a vampire stalker?

I will either kiss him or kill him.

Sweet! This'll be great!

A shrug. "I don't know how safe I'd like to be. Maybe I'm /safer/ than I wanna be. Or maybe, I feel like I'd be safer as a vampire. It's a little hard to think when you're hanging out with mind readers."

Why would he want that? A safe life? Fuck that. Trust that Daniel knows what he wants. And he wants to know.

Why would he care about that? Whether his life is better or worse for it, he needs to know. He can't be left in the dark.

... He hasn't thought that far ahead.

Yes. Undoubtedly, yes.

Maybe he should give up on this whole mind erasing thing, then. Consider him an annoying stray dog. He'll keep coming back and destroying his hard work.

Is that supposed to deter him?