"Every fiber of my being is telling me to shoot you - but I don't know how to just kill what I don't understand. That's never been my style. Can you infect people?"
‘i know,’ emm wants to say, settling for tasting his own saliva and the aftertaste of something he can’t remember eating. he chews on the inside of his cheek with a molar, eyes glancing from the slope of her shoulder to the bird-like shape of her collarbones.
he might think she’s beautiful, wonders what she’d taste like, and pushes that down into the pit of his belly, where it feels all too queasy and none-too-human. he might’ve smiled at the idea of her style, letting a low gurgle come up from his throat before his own voice kicks in, rumbling, gravelly, growled.
“there’s all sortsa .. styles bet you can pull off,” he says, the cheeky implications laced through its lilt,& he leaves it, giving a thoughtful grunt and swaying on the balls of his feet, toes pressing against the inside of his shoes.
yes, he finds himself about to say, deciding against it in favor of the shape of the knife underneath her jacket.
“only when .. hungry. don’t worry, not on th’ menu.”
not on one of them, anyway.