[ It's easy to sense that something is off about all of this, even as he slips down the hallway to quickly change into something a little less filthy. The shower he takes is quick and efficient because he needs it to be, mostly for the sake of scrubbing his skin raw, and there's no tentativeness to anything that he does when he returns to Dorian in the main room until those words slam into him. He frowns somewhat, trying to decipher the tone of his voice and exactly what it means.
Rather than skirt the topic, he crosses the distance between them. ]
Say whatever it is you mean to say to me. That wasn't my fault.
[ His clothes, he means. It's complicated, and if asked, he'll try to avoid talking too intimately about it because he's still in desperate need of processing the last several hours. Larus had thought – somewhat foolishly now, he realizes – that being elsewhere and with someone he actually liked would have balanced the tumultuous storm brewing under the surface of his thoughts. But it's clearly an oversight, gently folding his arms over his chest to look Dorian over more closely for the first time since he'd stepped through the door.
Anything else on the tip of his tongue dissolves, his expression a bit more open. ] Did something happen?
no subject
Rather than skirt the topic, he crosses the distance between them. ]
Say whatever it is you mean to say to me. That wasn't my fault.
[ His clothes, he means. It's complicated, and if asked, he'll try to avoid talking too intimately about it because he's still in desperate need of processing the last several hours. Larus had thought – somewhat foolishly now, he realizes – that being elsewhere and with someone he actually liked would have balanced the tumultuous storm brewing under the surface of his thoughts. But it's clearly an oversight, gently folding his arms over his chest to look Dorian over more closely for the first time since he'd stepped through the door.
Anything else on the tip of his tongue dissolves, his expression a bit more open. ] Did something happen?