REC: all things either good or ungood by tei (wip)

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all things either good or ungood (11247 words) by tei
Chapters: 6/?
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Armand/Louis de Pointe du Lac, Armand/Daniel Molloy
Summary:

"There," says Louis. "I took something from you you'll never get back. We're even now. Just like you always wanted."

The whole interview, Daniel had been riding on a sort of psychotic confidence. He knew he could die, of course, had fed his editor that stupid line about the most dangerous man in the world, which of course Louis isn't, not by a long shot. Louis can kill basically the same number of people at a time as any normal guy, which is one; not very many, compared to plenty of people. The only difference between him and the average human is… something about the method, perhaps. Everyone knows they could be shot in the street almost anywhere in the world, but most people don't expect to be exsanguinated.

And for most of the interview, Daniel didn't, either. For one, he'd already been attacked once by a vampire and survived, which is a bit of an ego boost. But also, Louis had never seemed particularly interested in killing or maiming him. He seemed like a guy who wanted to have his story told, and would inevitably be disappointed that you can't tell a story without losing control of it, just like all the others. It turned him mean sometimes, sure, but his meanness is the human sort.

Now, for the first time, Daniel is very aware of being in the room with a monster. Only it's not aimed at him. All that worry, setting the apartment in order in case it had to be cleaned out if he never returned to New York, and when the mask finally comes off, all that rage right in the room with him, and he's completely irrelevant.

Armand doesn't answer. He lies there, looking at Louis. And then Louis turns around, walks back into the room.

There is no reason for Daniel to be frightened. This has nothing to do with him. But he is, like the feeling they say you have right before you're hit with lightning. Louis stands over Armand again, and without looking back at Daniel, holds out his hand back towards him. "Give me your knife," he says.

Alternate ending to s2, where Louis takes his anger quite a bit further, and Daniel is left in the aftermath with a catatonic Armand he doesn't know how to deal with. Daniel's voice is impeccable, and I adore the setting of this.