liars and lovers combine tonight, we're gonna make a scene
"Well at the time I did just run a bar," Neron points out. "And given that I was disgracefully ousted from my position, put in jail and then later released... it wasn't the sort of thing I felt painted me in the best light for an introduction." He scrunches his nose; reputation matters much less now that he's dead, which explains his loose lips on the matter, but it still isn't the shiniest chapter of his past.
So he's happy to close the entire book for now, and as Flora leans in like his co-conspirator, Neron's smile curls crooked and eager across his lips. "This is not just the first time in years that I find myself back among the living," he says, "it's also the first time in damn near a decade where I can smell the salt in the air, and feel how warm you are next to me. I haven't breathed like this in so long I was truly worried I'd forgotten how."
Biting the inside of his cheek (with teeth no longer possessing an Ascended's fangs, he might add) to keep his smile from running away with itself, he lets out a purposeful, grounding sigh. "I am a little overwhelmed," he confesses, "and I was wondering if you would make my night by agreeing to go for a drink with me? If I leave here without tasting some good wine, I'll insist I be allowed back to see you for another visit."
So he's happy to close the entire book for now, and as Flora leans in like his co-conspirator, Neron's smile curls crooked and eager across his lips. "This is not just the first time in years that I find myself back among the living," he says, "it's also the first time in damn near a decade where I can smell the salt in the air, and feel how warm you are next to me. I haven't breathed like this in so long I was truly worried I'd forgotten how."
Biting the inside of his cheek (with teeth no longer possessing an Ascended's fangs, he might add) to keep his smile from running away with itself, he lets out a purposeful, grounding sigh. "I am a little overwhelmed," he confesses, "and I was wondering if you would make my night by agreeing to go for a drink with me? If I leave here without tasting some good wine, I'll insist I be allowed back to see you for another visit."
Neron
