Drabble for o_o_s: Angels and/or Demons
Jul. 17th, 2007 12:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
garnigalHe’s always had a bit of the devil in him. The eldest, the only son – when he’d been younger, his pranks and disobedience were merely mischievousness and had garnered him gentle scoldings that hid his mother’s fond smiles and boys-will-be-boys tousled hair from his father’s hand.
But now his behaviour was beyond the pale. His mother’s secret smiles were drowned by tears; his father’s gentle hand gone hard.
He’d always played with the maids; but now he played adult games. He’d always gorged himself; but now instead of his mother’s pies it was ale.
Nothing had changed but his parents.
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He’s always had the face of an angel. As a child it had gotten him extra sweets, extra privileges and out of trouble. As an adult it had gotten him credit from shopkeepers and barmen and countless girls on their backs.
But his appearance had never brought him more advantages than when Darla spotted him. He’d seen her, of course; even in the midst of a fistfight he’d noticed the blonde in the expensive silk dress.
His pretty face caught her eye and she’d rewarded him. Licking the blood from his full, lush lips, he resolved to thank her again.
But now his behaviour was beyond the pale. His mother’s secret smiles were drowned by tears; his father’s gentle hand gone hard.
He’d always played with the maids; but now he played adult games. He’d always gorged himself; but now instead of his mother’s pies it was ale.
Nothing had changed but his parents.
******
He’s always had the face of an angel. As a child it had gotten him extra sweets, extra privileges and out of trouble. As an adult it had gotten him credit from shopkeepers and barmen and countless girls on their backs.
But his appearance had never brought him more advantages than when Darla spotted him. He’d seen her, of course; even in the midst of a fistfight he’d noticed the blonde in the expensive silk dress.
His pretty face caught her eye and she’d rewarded him. Licking the blood from his full, lush lips, he resolved to thank her again.
