For @notasoldierseverin from here
It had been a long fucking day. Not that anything in particular had happened, as such. Work had been fine, and he’d kept on the boss’ good side that day.
But it was one of those days where he just felt bone weary. Tired. His deeper scars and more serious old injuries ached dully and he found himself far too in his own head for his liking. Not sad. No, that was a rare emotion for Sebastian. Just numb, dulled, as though a fundamental part of him was missing or broken.
His flask had been raised to his lips a little too often that day, and the stop off at the pub on his way home had hardly helped matters.
Perhaps it was loneliness. He supposed that would make some amount of sense. Even in his drunken state though, he knew that wasn’t it. That he was only looking for an excuse to go visit his brother.
Fuck it, who needed an excuse? He pushed himself from the bar stool, Severin was a Moran. It wasn’t sentiment. It was family pride. Moran pride. He didn’t push down the thought as he usually would. His mind was sluggish, too dulled down to worry about breaking away from what had been drummed incessantly into his head as a lad.
It didn’t take long until he was outside Severin’s door, banging sloppily, calling for him to open the door. He paused as he heard the dog, and slipped to the floor, pressing his head up against the door to better hear, “Cerb...” his words slurred uncomfortably, “Hey... Heyyy, good dog. Go an’ get Severin, okay?” Christ he loved dogs. They made him think of his own childhood hound. It’d been a bloodhound, used for fox hunting, and pheasant shooting. He wasn’t to ever pet it though. Wasn’t proper for a Moran.
“Sev!” he called out again, “You’ve gotta be in there. I can hear Cerb.” He banged against the door again, having no clue how much he was frightening the other, “Come let your brother in. S’time for some Moran family bonding.” He smiled to himself, clumsily pulling out his packet of cigarettes, jamming one in his mouth unceremoniously, “We can talk about work and how much of a bastard old Gus was.”