Cerulean Sins - Chapters 41-42

[masterofstlouis]

Jean-Claude prowls anxiously in his room awaiting Anita, his black velvet opera coat not quite brushing the floor as he paces. It's not like the master vampire to have nervous energy, but something about the past nights have brought it out in him.

Asher, meanwhile, stands deathly still, tracking Jean-Claude with only his eyes. Where Jean-Claude was twilight and darkness, Asher was dawn and the sun, clad in pale gold and shiny leather.

The altercation between the two of them and Anita earlier was still eating away at him, and he knew it was doing the same to Asher. They had been given a brief moment, something close to what they both had been dancing around for months now, and then Anita ruined it by hurting Asher's feelings.

Hurting a heart not yet whole again.

He pauses to glance at Asher, his beautiful goldfinch, bright like day, and a longing in him to reach out and touch, to kiss, to just be near him, rises up as powerful as the ardeur.

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[anita_blake]

Anita lingers, staring at Asher for a moment, her fingers on his shoulder. She feels Jean-Claude's relief, and while she feels a sense of relief in Asher's words, she can't help but worry about the 'for now' part.

Slowly, she parts from the blond vampire, and heads towards the closet and Jean-Claude. "All right, but I'm telling you, if I don't like it, the next person wearing it is you."

[ash-imperfect.livejournal.com]

Asher laughs, that wonderful, touchable laughter, giving his gift free reign. He walks towards them both, humour still glimmering in his eyes as his laughter fades, with one last caress of his voice against Anita's skin.