pls imagine lucio being utterly bewildered by Soft Valerius if val ever managed to confess his feelings to him (bc i feel he’s solidly alloromantic, just awful at showing it)
he’s used to the valerius with sharp edges and a sharper tongue, the valerius that only wants him for his body and his power (surely that’s all he wanted, right) and would just as quickly ditch him if something better came along, the valerius that’s shallow and mean and distant
and yet here he is, completely vulnerable, gently holding his hand as if it’s the only thing in the world, staring at him with wide doe eyes, clearly frightened of what he just said, and the kiss he gives him is soft and desperate instead of hard and demanding, a question instead of an answer
he doesn’t know how to answer it other than to kiss him back
and god he hopes that’s good enough because his silver tongue remains tightly knotted, an uncharacteristic silence
not because he doesn’t want it, but because he doesn’t know
