[The only thing Glen's really wanted since they've come back is to die. He feels hollowed out, all the defining parts of him carved from his chest and replaced with foreign, unpleasant and unwanted feelings. He hates Felid. He hates him more than he thought it was possible to hate anything. But at the same time, ever since that, he can't deny the aching need to be with him, the fear of being left alone, the warmth when he receives "affection" that's usually violent and always degrading. It doesn't feel like him, and his mind denies it, but he can't remove that alteration to his heart no matter how much he wants to. And he can't remove the alteration to his body, either -- he won't let himself fall so far as to become a demon, but the knowledge that his humanity has been stolen from him hammers at him constantly, with every little sensation that feels so different in a changed form.
He can't have anything back. All of his hopes and dreams are gone. He's been twisted into a sick parody of himself and all his "family" and "friends" can't reach him anymore.
But it's very hard to commit suicide as a vampire, and Felid won't let him besides. So after a couple of weeks he's given up and has simply become listless, hiding away in the disgustingly decadent room he's been provided and chasing his thoughts around a mind that seems absurdly empty with only him in it. He's pretty sure he's lost his grip on any sanity that was left before he hid in himself that time. But it doesn't really matter when he's alone with himself and Felid, and he still adamantly refuses to have anything to do with the rest of the city or any possible attempts to get him to be part of society (and especially part of the anti-human efforts).
It's fine. If he can't disappear, he'll sit here and rot.]
What do you want now?
[When Felid comes in, he is, as usual, curled up on the day bed at the window, playing at reading but really just staring out into nothing. He'll miss hours like that, lost in his own head rather than interacting with his current reality.]
He can't have anything back. All of his hopes and dreams are gone. He's been twisted into a sick parody of himself and all his "family" and "friends" can't reach him anymore.
But it's very hard to commit suicide as a vampire, and Felid won't let him besides. So after a couple of weeks he's given up and has simply become listless, hiding away in the disgustingly decadent room he's been provided and chasing his thoughts around a mind that seems absurdly empty with only him in it. He's pretty sure he's lost his grip on any sanity that was left before he hid in himself that time. But it doesn't really matter when he's alone with himself and Felid, and he still adamantly refuses to have anything to do with the rest of the city or any possible attempts to get him to be part of society (and especially part of the anti-human efforts).
It's fine. If he can't disappear, he'll sit here and rot.]
What do you want now?
[When Felid comes in, he is, as usual, curled up on the day bed at the window, playing at reading but really just staring out into nothing. He'll miss hours like that, lost in his own head rather than interacting with his current reality.]
[That smile makes him flush, now, a flutter rising in his chest, so he looks away, setting his book down and curling up more tightly. He's given up on trying to escape, and he's given up on trying to be strong. It doesn't matter anymore. Felid can see him look a wreck all he wants.]
Whenever you last brought me something, obviously. I don't keep track.
Whenever you last brought me something, obviously. I don't keep track.
As long as I'm not starving, I don't care.
[Nnnope he's not looking at him, he doesn't have to acknowledge that motion. He likes his little sulking nest and doesn't want to leave it.]
[Nnnope he's not looking at him, he doesn't have to acknowledge that motion. He likes his little sulking nest and doesn't want to leave it.]
[UGGGgggghhh he groans, reluctantly dragging himself from his pile of pillows.]
No.
[He doesn't want to deal with Felid at all, but Felid already knows that so there's no point in telling him so. And he'd rather go over there than get Felid-smell all over his favorite spot, so he does, grudgingly, come over and plop down heavily on the other side of the couch.]
You're such a pain.
No.
[He doesn't want to deal with Felid at all, but Felid already knows that so there's no point in telling him so. And he'd rather go over there than get Felid-smell all over his favorite spot, so he does, grudgingly, come over and plop down heavily on the other side of the couch.]
You're such a pain.
[It's fake. That intimacy doesn't mean anything, because Felid is a monster who doesn't care for anyone but himself. And Glen hates him. But he has to remind himself of that, because there's still a part of him that feels comfortable like this, and that wants, horribly, for those small motions to be real. It's a horrible pain, and it makes him sick, but as always he hides as much of that conflict as he can, taking the glass and drinking like it's no problem. It tastes good, and if he just pretends he's not doing what he's doing he can avoid the urge to vomit.]
[He allows all of it. He hates it, but he wants it, so he lets it happen, even though he knows it's all a lie designed just to make his heart ache. He's perfectly aware of what Felid's doing to him, but he can't turn his own feelings off, so he's powerless to do anything but watch it happen.]
I don't want to. You can't pass me off as anyone but myself around those snobby fuckers, y'know. It'd just be a disaster.
I don't want to. You can't pass me off as anyone but myself around those snobby fuckers, y'know. It'd just be a disaster.
Neither is who I am. You can take away everything else, but I won't compromise on what I care about. I'm not going to be part of this world no matter how long I live.
[He is, however, going to lean over Felid a little, making a space that's just a bit more connected, a bit closer feeling. He hardly notices he's doing it, but his body language just keeps slipping more into that of someone who's comfortable and emotionally entangled with the person he's communicating with, and all his old cold distance slowly evaporates with time.]
[He is, however, going to lean over Felid a little, making a space that's just a bit more connected, a bit closer feeling. He hardly notices he's doing it, but his body language just keeps slipping more into that of someone who's comfortable and emotionally entangled with the person he's communicating with, and all his old cold distance slowly evaporates with time.]
I won't.
[But he will kiss him, brief and uncomfortable, at once disgusted and craving more than a chaste peck.]
I'll work against you, as soon as I get an opportunity, and you know it.
[Thinking of that, in fact, reignites just a tiny spark of defiance. That's true. Even if he can't go home, he could help anonymously, somehow. Right? He could do something other than wallow all day. It's not like him to give up. But it's a really fragile thread of resistance. Felid's beaten hopelessness and uselessness into him quite thoroughly by now, and it's sure that cute boy in his heart is next to wiped out at this point.]
[But he will kiss him, brief and uncomfortable, at once disgusted and craving more than a chaste peck.]
I'll work against you, as soon as I get an opportunity, and you know it.
[Thinking of that, in fact, reignites just a tiny spark of defiance. That's true. Even if he can't go home, he could help anonymously, somehow. Right? He could do something other than wallow all day. It's not like him to give up. But it's a really fragile thread of resistance. Felid's beaten hopelessness and uselessness into him quite thoroughly by now, and it's sure that cute boy in his heart is next to wiped out at this point.]
It might get you in trouble with your superiors.
No you don't. You worry about getting bored.
You don't. You're getting off on playing with me after you messed me up from the inside. Don't think I can't see through your shit.
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