#deadfaiths.

[orb1ter]

@deadfaiths .

there was nothing quite like being baptized by fire , only a few weeks in on the job and he's sitting in an interrogation room across from someone . papers are shuffled together , papers he's memorized front to back but he keeps his gaze on as if reading them for the first time . he knows what they say , what the evidence laid out before him is , but he's never interviewed someone . and frankly , if he looks up , he might stare . the golden curls that quaff just over the other's ears , the oceanic hues that are his eyes . . . ethan definitely cannot look up if he wants this interview to go . he shakes his head , finally peaking up to him to correct him . " oh - oh no , i'm not . . . i'm not a cop . " brows pinch together . " i mean i get that it might seem that way , interview and the bureau and - but i'm not . " he's rambling . he clears his throat and rolls his shoulders back . " anyway . " deep breath . " i know you already told everything , mostly , to my client - no , you're the client - no you're not a clien- " he cut himself off again and looks down at the paper . no more looking at blue eyes . " i'm just here to go over the basic evidence and close everything up . "

[orb1ter]

@deadfaiths .

there are nerves crawling beneath hardened skin , those which he has not felt in quite some time . not since starting this work , not since losing his heart beat . not since he'd lost track of the man who stole it from him , leaving him with this sense of yearning so something he cannot name . he had spent countless nights and days searching and coming up empty handed . for the first time in long before these days of traveling uncharted territory , maybe he would have the tentativeness . the other man's name had been heard before , word of mouth , between strangers . but never did he expect to be called on by him . but throughout all of this , maksim is nothing if not an actor . anxiety is masked by a charming grin and presence lacking absolutely no certainty or surity . " i thought i'd wear my best suit for you . " hands smooth over lapels , closing a few steps worth of space between them , his azure gaze never leaving the other's . " what do you think ? " maksim's arms then extend , head cocking in curiosity as his smile never falters .

[orb1ter]

" well . . . " lips purse as the blonde glances over the scene around them . it seemed to be a domino effect , one little thing going wrong and now suddenly their trip was teetering the verge of a complete disaster . however , she so rarely gets such time off that she refuses to let the vacation go to waste . she lifts a bottle , one blindly picked from their communal cooler and shrugs . " i bet this could help , maybe even just a little bit ? " ( @deadfaiths . )