Lupus In Fabula

[Reeves]

"I kill people." Absolute confidence and zero hesitation. The entire crowd who, at least up until this point in time, were absorbed entirely in the Admiral's grandeur were now perfectly silent. It must have just been a joke, surely. A playful way to tell the Admiral to be more polite to his date. But if this truly was an Admiral who had seen war and men die, then he would know. He would know all too well what that look in Damien's eyes meant. And the fact his teeth revealed by a full smile would open a yielding throat.

So while everyone else laughed this off, save for the Admiral who now knew something. Damien dispensed with a handshake. Firmness being in abundance and bordering on painful. Then and only then did the carefully rehearsed politeness come back to the forefront. "She's a singer. Far more famous and successful than I am. I'm just a banker and handle foreclosures mostly. My boss got me a backstage pass to one of her concerts and I actually had a chance to meet her and talk a little. I think we hit it off since she asked me to be here." Foreclosures. A sick joke if there ever was one. But with a modicum of truth to it, at least if you interpreted it creatively.

What was immediately noticeable was how proud and focused he seemed to be on the woman beside him. It prompted more than a little envy and insecurity to the surface from some of the other couples here. His posture suggested she meant a lot to him, because unless someone was actively speaking to him then his entire and undivided attention was on her. Something as subtle as that was a rarity. Especially when the truth was ugly and half the couples here were dictated by an hourly rate or simply vanity.

Green with envy - truly fitting.

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