For whitehairedprettyboy.

[diabolarchy]

[He'd spent a month not visiting Valmont at all. Not kidnapping him, not barging into his home unannounced, nothing.

Unbeknownst to Valmont, that was a month of seriously uncharacteristic self-reflection. A month where he'd had the inklings of Actual Feelings being involved and decided to squash them by not seeing Valmont for a while.

It hadn't worked. The more he avoided Valmont, the more he wanted to see him, until finally, one night-]

Valmoooooont~

[-he gave in.

Now he announces himself by draping himself over Valmont's shoulder. They're alone in his bedroom, which Valmont is probably thankful for.]

Did you miss me?

Comments

[diabolarchy]

[Valmont doesn't need both.]

...I don't mind if it takes a while. I have plenty of time. And so do you.

[whitehairedprettyboy]

[ YES HE DOES ]

And what happened to "I'm too busy to stay here forever"? It wouldn't do to be wasting all your precious time on a task this futile, I'm sure.

[diabolarchy]

You're still coming with me. That hasn't changed at all~

[whitehairedprettyboy]

What?

[ Any hope he might have had of this new, lovestruck Satanick respecting his feelings begins to fray at the edges. ]

But you just said - you wanted to make sure I felt the same way first, didn't you? And I can assure you I don't!

[diabolarchy]

Love takes work! I understand that. So I'll work on it. And it'll be easier to work on it if you're in the same world~

[Satanick's logic makes perfect sense to him.]

[whitehairedprettyboy]

...You'll work on it?

[ It's starting to look less and less likely that this will end well for Valmont. ]

[diabolarchy]

I'll work on making you love me. That's what I said.

[whitehairedprettyboy]

I'm not sure that's how it works.

[ Not entirely sure. Valmont really only has a vague idea of how love is meant to work at all, but he doesn't think this is it. ]

[diabolarchy]

And what would you know? Have you ever been in love?

[Can he kill them if they're still alive?]

[whitehairedprettyboy]

[ Extremely luckily for anyone Valmont may ever have been in love with, they don't exist. ]

S- so what if I haven't?! Just because you've got some mad idea in your head about what to call your obsession with me, that doesn't make you an expert on the topic, either!

[diabolarchy]

But I'm more qualified than you~~~

[He's giggling now. Please spare Valmont.]

[whitehairedprettyboy]

[ Valmont is never spared. It's one of the immutable laws of the universe. ]

Well - ngh - if this is how you treat everyone you fall in love with, I can't imagine too many of them feel the same way!

[ His attempts at struggling towards freedom feel even more pathetic with one arm pinned, but he hasn't yet given up trying. Never let it be said that Valmont lacks for sheer stubbornness. ]

[diabolarchy]

[It's one of Satanick's favorite things about him ♥]

I don't fall in love very often. You should feel special~

[That is totally what he should have taken from that response.]

[whitehairedprettyboy]

[ Right now he'd prefer Satanick have not quite so many favorite things about him, thanks. ]

I consider myself so fortunate.

[ It's a testament to the deeply ingrained nature of British snark that Valmont's able to go completely deadpan in a situation like this. ]

[diabolarchy]

You should ♥

[The ability to ignore sarcasm is one of the traits Satanick prizes most in himself.]

[whitehairedprettyboy]

[ It'd be nice if he had fewer of those too, come to think of it. ]

I hate you.

[ That much, at least, isn't sarcasm. ]

[diabolarchy]

I'll make sure you love me soon ♥

[He can do it. Of course he can. He has to do it.

There's n o o t h e r w a y.]