Come Pull My Strings
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The last remains of Armand’s heart had died the day he walked away from Louis in New Orleans, and he had no capacity to become attached to anyone, immortal or mortal, any longer. And yet the urge to unearth the depths of Daniel’s attraction to him remained. To pull at the threads of his obedient streak until all that defiance melted away and he was left a trembling mess.
Armand takes Daniel to dinner, pushes at buttons Daniel didn't know he had, and gets more than he bargained for.
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- Part 1 of Come Pull My Strings
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flesh and bone by the telephone by apoptoses
Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice
14 Jan 2023
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Armand touched Daniel’s chin, ever so gently, until he lifted his gaze and looked up at him through his lashes. Against Daniel’s sunkissed skin his fingers were so alabaster white they nearly glowed. Not made by human hands, Armand thought, remembering the words that had plagued him in his youth. These hands hadn’t made a thing since he was seventeen. Everything they had touched crumbled to dust. He let his thumb rest in the faint dimple in Daniel’s chin and wondered if by simply touching this boy he was condemning him.
Armand meets with Daniel again. Makes a telephone call, and discovers Daniel is a handful in more ways than one.
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- Part 2 of Come Pull My Strings
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"Daniel had never thought of himself as needy, but whenever Armand left him with a tissue and a pat on the head he felt like shit. Sure, Daniel had ‘done well’ or whatever pithy bit of praise Armand thought to offer him that evening, but what did that matter when he’d wake up alone and spiral over it the next day? And Armand, either unknowing or just uncaring, would disappear and leave him to stew for a handful of days until he turned up again as if nothing had happened at all."
Daniel goes to jail. Takes Armand out for a night on the town. Struggles with feeling abandoned but, for better or worse, gets what he'd asked for in the end.
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- Part 3 of Come Pull My Strings
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Armand visits Daniel one last time before walking away from him for an extended period. Discusses the meaning of intimacy and begins to make a final decision on what do about this boy.
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- Part 4 of Come Pull My Strings
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Armand gets his first horrible taste of taking the subway, and then a taste of what it's like to be held in Daniel's arms.
The subway ride scene from Pale Shelter from Armand's POV.
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- Part 5 of Come Pull My Strings
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It was their first home together. The first home Armand had truly shared with any lover since his youth, since he could hardly call the brief and elusive presence that had been Louis a housemate. No, Louis had been more ghost than anything, haunting whatever home Armand had selected for them. But Daniel was young, alive. Not liable to be kept like a bird in a gilded cage; a fact about him which Armand both appreciated and worried over, for Armand could not be in the flat during the day. Daniel would spend most of his time here alone, a fact that Armand had not realized would ache down to his core.
Armand moves Daniel into an apartment immediately after Pompeii. Tries to avoid an argument. Fails but learns something about himself in the process.
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- Part 6 of Come Pull My Strings
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Armand had dropped his arm but Daniel knew better than to just walk away. Armand would just catch up to him and stare at him with those big brown eyes until Daniel crumbled and came back. And then he would probably punish him by making him explain the difference between a nightie and a teddy and that- Daniel was not prepared for that. He didn’t need that kind of fuel on the already sparking lingerie fantasy fire.
Daniel develops a new fantasy. Learns to ask for what he wants and gets dragged through an unexpected experience. All for the sake of giving Armand a Valentine's Day gift.
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- Part 7 of Come Pull My Strings
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Armand and Daniel reunite after the events of Prince Lestat. Take a road trip, stay a few days in New Orleans. Discover new things about themselves and rediscover some old, long buried desires.
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- Part 8 of Come Pull My Strings