"You knew I loved her before you ever fucked me," Nathaniel says in a low, quiet voice. It might even border on an actual growl.
But now he's beginning to wonder if they'll ever overcome the massive difference in age and experience.
And species, which Nathaniel hadn't really thought had been a problem until just now.
"I can't undo six hundred years of abuse," he says, eyes flecked with gray. "I can't even begin to comprehend that much suffering. I've never pretended to." Nathaniel shoves off from the dresser, and by the time he's pretty much toe-to-toe with Asher, his eyes have bled to full-out gray. "But you know what? I have my own little bag of angst, Asher, and I certainly don't expect you to make it better or make it go away. You told me you would never abuse me and I trusted that. I didn't hold you up to the assholes who raped and beat and tortured me day in and day out since I was eight!"
Nathaniel snorts, shaking his head as he crosses his arms.
"More suited to me. Because I was doing brilliantly before. You know, with all the swords shoved through me or the gang-bangs or how about the almost dying part in Tennessee? I didn't hold that against you, either! So give me a little credit. I may only be twenty, but I've lived more in those twenty years than most people will ever live in a single lifetime."
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Date: 2009-08-27 01:38 pm (UTC)But now he's beginning to wonder if they'll ever overcome the massive difference in age and experience.
And species, which Nathaniel hadn't really thought had been a problem until just now.
"I can't undo six hundred years of abuse," he says, eyes flecked with gray. "I can't even begin to comprehend that much suffering. I've never pretended to." Nathaniel shoves off from the dresser, and by the time he's pretty much toe-to-toe with Asher, his eyes have bled to full-out gray. "But you know what? I have my own little bag of angst, Asher, and I certainly don't expect you to make it better or make it go away. You told me you would never abuse me and I trusted that. I didn't hold you up to the assholes who raped and beat and tortured me day in and day out since I was eight!"
Nathaniel snorts, shaking his head as he crosses his arms.
"More suited to me. Because I was doing brilliantly before. You know, with all the swords shoved through me or the gang-bangs or how about the almost dying part in Tennessee? I didn't hold that against you, either! So give me a little credit. I may only be twenty, but I've lived more in those twenty years than most people will ever live in a single lifetime."