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Armand/Louis

• acts of collusion Armand misses Louis like a man about town misses his favourite whore. He misses what only one person is horrid enough to do to him. And Daniel wouldn’t even suggest it, if he couldn’t feel how Louis misses Armand in the exact same way.
• all things either good or ungood ‘There,’ says Louis. ‘I took something from you you’ll never get back. We’re even now. Just like you always wanted.’
• but those of you with tongues, sing my song Go ask your boy for it, if you’re that desperate.
• continuons Hands, dick, belt, fangs. Simple and good like visiting home is supposed to be. (windivorce 3)
• do it again Helices are Armand’s latest thing. He exults in monotony, the delight of a child, or of God, who says do it again to the moon every evening and every morning do it again to the sun. And yet the nights and days do not end where they started. (windivorce 8)
• furnishings Armand figures out where to put his new belongings. (windivorce 2)
• gifts Would you like to help me paint, Louis? (windivorce 4)
• great degrees and variations ‘Leaving on my account?’ Louis says. ‘Still doing fucking everything on my account?’ (windivorce 1)
• half blank “Beloved,” Armand says, quietly, regretfully, “it doesn’t work if it doesn’t hurt.”
• he had not been that ancient fearful fiend Louis learns something new. (windivorce 5)
• instinct He wants this, he wants this. Louis pushing him down and working him over, like Armand is his kitten.
• it's a telenovela When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the shayatin are chained. (windivorce 7)
• knock and knock and knock until I fall down dead It was just something I believed, in my boyhood. I was in a difficult situation, before my maker found me. I took refuge in a fantasy…
• oh, for a desolation that is a desolation Armand moves. (windivorce 10)
• once or twice Armand, Lestat, a night out. (windivorce 6)
• paint me with black wings He’s breaking a few of the rules tonight. But not too many. And Armand does deserve a reward.
• Please Maître A poem, after Ginsberg.
• sure about that ‘You should hit my feet,’ Armand says one night, ‘if you would like to scare me.’
• the divine colour red You’ve been living in this city, selling tickets to those plays, and you thought you were the only one who likes it?
• the help Rashid gets involved.
• The Makropulos case: reflections on the variety of mortality No, Rashid thinks desperately, it can’t be over, that can’t be all— and Louis licks around his mouth, obscene, and says, ‘It’s good manners to ask your master for permission to come, Rashid.’
• valuation You don’t bring a Stradivarius for appraisal at a pawn shop. You bring it to someone who knows what they’re looking at.
• you are most welcome On Louis’ first night in Dubai, he buys a gift for Armand.
• you don’t begin to know what a mystery you are Armand is itchy.