Belial froze at the stranger's cough and dropped the rag he'd been holding, looking a bit put out that he'd been caught unawares.
The man's very presence gave an agonized impression of falling apart. Belial's eyes darted downwards to his feet, where the socked toes curled inward at his gaze, and then back up.
He tilted his head to one side and considered the man.
"I'm sure I can manage something... and make a bit of an exception in the liqour department," he said, a smile breaking across his face, making his dark eyes shine, for the first time in two days. "What would you like?"
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Date: 2005-08-12 09:30 pm (UTC)The man's very presence gave an agonized impression of falling apart. Belial's eyes darted downwards to his feet, where the socked toes curled inward at his gaze, and then back up.
He tilted his head to one side and considered the man.
"I'm sure I can manage something... and make a bit of an exception in the liqour department," he said, a smile breaking across his face, making his dark eyes shine, for the first time in two days. "What would you like?"