John paused a few steps in the door, a trifle surprised to have been challenged the moment he walked in. Though likely he shouldn't have been.
"John," he heard himself say to the kid, and nearly swallowed his own tongue as it tried, altogether too helpfully, to carry on with his surname, recent history, and exactly what he was doing there.
He stared at the kid. Oh, this one's trouble and no mistake. John was no judge of male beauty, but even he couldn't miss it in this young man. He was bloody gorgeous, in the way those old Greek statues were gorgeous--almost too pretty to be real.
More than that, though, he was compelling. John was fairly certain Adam wasn't doing anything. He was just standing there, looking moderately unfriendly; but the way he carried himself, and the tension that crackled in the air around him, said plainly that he was capable of...well, that was the question, now, wasn't it?
He was, to all appearances, very human. John would have laid money that that was not the case, or at least not the whole story.
He cleared his throat, and added cautiously, glancing around the ridiculously overdecorated lobby, "You the one in charge here?"
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Date: 2005-08-22 04:33 pm (UTC)"John," he heard himself say to the kid, and nearly swallowed his own tongue as it tried, altogether too helpfully, to carry on with his surname, recent history, and exactly what he was doing there.
He stared at the kid. Oh, this one's trouble and no mistake. John was no judge of male beauty, but even he couldn't miss it in this young man. He was bloody gorgeous, in the way those old Greek statues were gorgeous--almost too pretty to be real.
More than that, though, he was compelling. John was fairly certain Adam wasn't doing anything. He was just standing there, looking moderately unfriendly; but the way he carried himself, and the tension that crackled in the air around him, said plainly that he was capable of...well, that was the question, now, wasn't it?
He was, to all appearances, very human. John would have laid money that that was not the case, or at least not the whole story.
He cleared his throat, and added cautiously, glancing around the ridiculously overdecorated lobby, "You the one in charge here?"