Ashley

Sighing softly, Ascelin brushes aside his fringe, revealing a cotton pad carefully affixed over his eye.

"He partially blinded me. He didn't appreciate my attitude but didn't want to kill me either, so he took half of my sight as punishment for my backtalk."

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I keep adding to Ash's fringe, at this rate he'll have no visible face. 😂

"Eh..."

Ace glances away, his smile faltering and eyes darkening a few shades.

"The door out is around here somewhere, I remember it requiring a key card but a claw works as well in a pinch."

"Barry, we're trying to escape a madman," Ace responds wryly. "Please focus your priorities."

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Is Harrison Wells actually a silly in his own right? 👀

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Nobody:

Me at midnight: Y'know what I need? The entire soundtrack to Hamilton.

a group of people dancing on a stage with their arms in the air ALT: a group of people dancing on a stage with their arms in the air

@bravestflash.bsky.social

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*Shakes violently*

I miss him so much.

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I love all of you and you can reach me on Discord if you have it, but when Ronnie died, Ash died with him, so wake me up when that painted face smiles again. 😌

"Since... my metahuman ability changed me into a therianthrope?" Ace responds calmly. "I can shapeshift, but only into a cat. It's a great power if you like being a cat. Which I do enjoy, but it's not helpful in situations like this one."

"I've been fascinated by you since the moment we met," Ashley responds softly, his fluffy hair brushing the underside of Lestat's chin. "Your personality, your voice, your face, your music, and to be this close to you is an honour. If giving blood is what it takes, I'll gladly donate."

"It can? Oh good, I was starting to think I might be a masochi—"

He cuts himself off, wondering if it's too late to pretend he doesn't know what one of those is.

"Though I've never liked pain before, so..."

"More than I expected," Ash responds shyly. "I thought being bitten might be like a blood test, but your bite feels..."

A cherry blush blossoms across his flustered face.

"I want to say nice? Is that too nondescript?"

He certainly wouldn't object to that.

May even encourage it.

Is possibly nuzzling... just a little more into Lestat's chest.

Not wanting to spoil the moment, he stays quiet.

But if he were to speak, it would be to tell Lestat that of all the pain he's experienced in his life, this is by far the most enjoyable.

He's just going to... nuzzle into Lestat a little.

It'd be rude not to.

Fingers ever so lightly curling against the vampire's shirt.

Honestly, Lestat's seen him in worse states than this.

Besides, there's no harm in having a little skin on show.

No no! He's welcome to stay, just...

He's somewhat in a state of undress, so as long as Lestat doesn't mind, that's fine!

He had, but he hadn't expected it to come at this precise moment—

*Soft meep*

"You don't find it suspicious that the cage just let us out?" Ace queries, a feline tail unfurling from behind him and giving a few flicks. "I've gone full cat before and not been able to slip through those bars."

Ace moves to catch Barry with surprising speed, not inhuman, but he clearly cares about protecting the speedster — even if only from the floor.

"Whoa! Careful. You think we're good to go, or?"

"Thawne kinda... took me from my timeline long before he sent Ash to it..."

Ace toys with his necklace, sighing softly.

"That's how he knew that Ash would just 'replace' me. Because I wasn't there to begin with. It wouldn't have aroused suspicion, people go missing everyday."

Ace suddenly looks rather shifty, averting his gaze before lightly kicking at the floor.

"One or two... months..."

"Wouldn't what?" Ace asks quietly. "Stop us? Have you forgotten how crafty he was when he imprisoned you the first time?"

"He'd definitely lose against the gods I know," Ace responds with a tired smile. "Still, it'd be nice to see him taken down a peg. Or ten. Dragged into the Black and White. Pulled down to Drowsy Town. Flash, there's a lot you don't know about my timeline."

"He's probably gone looking for Richie. Those two were inseparable before all the Lords in Black stuff happened."

Ace idly trails a line of magic in the air, which shimmers before fading.

"I wonder how Thawne would fare against an actual god."

"Well it looks like he's succeeded, at least for now."

Ace gives Barry a look that's somewhere between dismay and panic.

"Fun fact: I don't WANT to stay here. The man's a maniac. How do I... y'know, leave?"

Ace pauses, a thoughtful look appearing, then reaches up and touches his neck.

"I don't think my choker was this heavy before, maybe he added something to it?"

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I feel the YouTube algorithm is trying to tell me something...