[ Alec told Henry at one point that he was an exception to a lot of his rules, but even Alec himself didn't realize in how many ways that would prove to be true. Alec has rules for everything, a mental checklist of things he will and will not do, things he does and does not allow, from picking clients and taking jobs to his oft-neglected personal life.
Henry has barged his way past the latter before Alec was even aware it was happening. He has seen beneath the surface of Alec's persona and not shied away from it once, he has been willingly invited into his memories to bear witness to the worst day of his life. He invites sentiment and sincerity from a man who thought he'd all but forgotten what those things felt like, and he does it easily.
Neither of them are good people. But neither of them have to be. They have each other. And in a universe that feels so terribly, unfairly cruel more often than not, that's enough. Henry needed someone to understand him, and Alec didn't mind giving him that. He ended up giving him so much more, as well. Every part of him.
Henry steps in to close the distance, and Alec meets him easily. There's something desperate in the way they kiss, but something freeing as well. Like now that the words are really out there in the open, the both of them have no more reason to hold anything back.
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Henry has barged his way past the latter before Alec was even aware it was happening. He has seen beneath the surface of Alec's persona and not shied away from it once, he has been willingly invited into his memories to bear witness to the worst day of his life. He invites sentiment and sincerity from a man who thought he'd all but forgotten what those things felt like, and he does it easily.
Neither of them are good people. But neither of them have to be. They have each other. And in a universe that feels so terribly, unfairly cruel more often than not, that's enough. Henry needed someone to understand him, and Alec didn't mind giving him that. He ended up giving him so much more, as well. Every part of him.
Henry steps in to close the distance, and Alec meets him easily. There's something desperate in the way they kiss, but something freeing as well. Like now that the words are really out there in the open, the both of them have no more reason to hold anything back.
So, is there a song on that radio now, Henry? ]