Help || Finn & Faust
Finn didn’t know why he’d even come to this party. He had no intentions of sticking around the Illuminatum any longer. He couldn’t. He knew how bad this place was for himself and for Charlie, whom he’d stupidly let live in Raphael’s old home in the village exactly as it’d been when his kid had been enslaved by the bastard ghoul. And Finn himself had been keeping Gareth all this time under the guise of revenge but who was he really torturing at this point? Neither act was healthy and neither would help them feel better about what they’d both gone through with their respective masters. He’d convinced Charlie to leave with him after the party ended, the two of them would return home to Ireland far away from this place and never come back. It’d be for the best to start fresh and properly cope. Hopefully.
In the meantime, the familiar had one last thing to take care of before he left – the whole matter with Gareth. For the first time in years, his slave wasn’t leashed by his nose ring right at his side and given free rein to roam the party. Finn sat at the bar by himself, his leg bouncing uncharacteristically as he enjoyed a beer. His demonic eyes constantly stayed trained on Gareth around the room. He knew what Faust told him. That he ought to kill the lamia who’d ruined his fucking life for 400 years. And part of him wanted to. It’d be so easy to do for Finn who’d taken down worse monsters in his lifetime. Time ticked on, the party kept going, and the demon still refused to move from his spot, ordering himself another beer and eventually another. His tail twitched anxiously, Finn chewing on his bottom lip and the inside of his cheek while his normally steady hand shook bringing the glass to his mouth. Only a couple hours left and time moved way too fast for Finn’s liking, still watching his slave as he thought best how to do it, how to get Gareth away from the public. Easy enough. He’d bring him back to the suite and then...then what? Stab him through the heart and burn his body and live with that for the rest of his life?
So consumed by his thoughts, he was violently roused out them by someone ever so slightly brushing against him as they sat next to him. Finn audibly gasped and jerked around, his hand accidentally knocking the last of his beer over. “Shit. I’m sorry––” He didn’t know if it was better or worse that it happened to be Faust. The demon averted his gaze and busied himself with grabbing napkins. “Must’ve had too much to drink,” he muttered the obvious lie. Both of them knew well enough at this point that Finn could easily down three beers without an issue.
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