@alongside-heroes asked “I’m not crying, you dumb fuck.” (Liam can't quite handle when Pelle gets hurt)
Pelle didn’t really want to hear it. He’d already had a long week running around dealing with ninety problems. He didn’t really want Liam to be one of them. Liam had followed him from the tavern, where the elf had happened upon him flirting with another man. He hated the way it made him feel. He felt so much bitterness towards this other man. He was beautiful. Much taller, more muscular, and far more aesthetically pleasing to the eye than Pelle could ever dream of being.
His feelings weighed heavy on him like he’d been dropped in the sea with an anchor chained to his ankle. He didn’t say a thing to Liam, but the man must have seen him before he made what he thought was a discreet exit.
It must not have been discreet enough or Liam wouldn't be standing there. It was strange seeing such a wounded look on the man’s face. It was irritating to the elf if anything. He knew that deep down his feelings were stupid. He and Liam weren’t exclusive, he had the freedom to flirt with whoever he pleased. And yet he was still hurt. Predictable really. He knew this would happen eventually. He was after all infallibly stupid, incapable of keeping his heart on tight lock when it came to fooling around. Once was fine, but once it became a repeated act he couldn’t just--not feel a thing. That was his fault, not Liam’s.
And yet he was sitting on the floor in quarters in front of a fire sipping away at his third glass on wine feeling sorry for himself. The question wasn’t asked out of pity. He may have spoken with contempt, but deep down he was sad.
“I almost wish you were,” he replied and threw back what was left of the wine in his gain before pouring another glass.
“It this...” he gestured ambiguously at Liam. “supposed to be you, being guilty?”