Muse
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Post by Muse on May 1, 2011 7:38:16 GMT 10
Title: Pain Rating: PG-13 Word Count: 211 Pairing: Gary/Raoul – Team Moustache Curtains Round/Fight: 2/C Summary: You got his heart and my heart and none of the blame. Raoul rides out with the Own, but his baggage isn’t only strapped to his mount. Breakeven part 21, set post-Lioness Rampant. Warning: Alcoholism.
The saddle is smooth and worn, and the road is long and dusty before him, just the way that Raoul likes it.
Even with all of the clatter and jostling of over two hundred horses and a full company of the Own behind him, its quieter here than in the Palace, and Raoul finds his mind much more at ease here than in the stuffy rooms and council meeting’s he’s been forced into for so many months now.
Gary doesn’t seem to mind it— his mind betrays him, and he pushes the thought firmly to the side.
He doesn’t really care what Gary thinks, but his mind continues down the familiar path towards the argument with his former best friend that Raoul is so eager to leave behind.
He’s glad he has an excuse to get away, honestly. The last straw was finding Cythera at his door the other day, all wide eyes and worried hands until the reek of alcohol in his room on his breath pushed her away.
What did Gary think he was doing, sending her to check on him?
Raoul shakes his head, which doesn’t help in clearing it at all, and then reaches for his belt pouch to take a swig from his flask instead.
QC by: journeycat
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