wait. HOLD ON A SECOND. when damen finished wrestling pallas, went to a tent alone with nik and laurent appeared… after his and nikandros' discussion damen asked "what are you doing here?" and he answered "i came to collect you, nikandros was taking too long" was he.... jealous?

BECAUSE IT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A REASON FOR HIM TO BE THERE!!!!! as damen said he could have sent a messenger??????? why did he came himself to get damen?????? LAURENT EXPLAIN YOURSELF

VAI TOMAR NO CU EU TE AMO TANTO

"if you're asking, did i fuck him, the answer is yes"

YEAH THAT'S MY SON!!!!!

"— those are thing that you yearn for. when he focuses it all on you, it makes you feel like you can do anything.
— now we are both telling the truth. — laurent said."

guys. GUYS. GUYS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

laurent taking care of damen i think i'm on my last moments of life

"he looked at laurent, meaning to tell him how much it meant […]. before he cold, he felt LAURENT'S fingers on the back of his neck." jsjskkwo2keo2oeo2949929392or9o2krk2keowokeowoe928skoaiJwi2i8JSJWI3IEJKEKEI2IEIWO2O2OKEO2MRNJWJDNEIEI83J

HES HUGGING DAMEN AND IM ABOUT TO CRY

i love them so much that if it were possible my heart would literally explode

I HATED YOU. I HATED YOU SO BADLY I THOUGHT I'D CHOKE ON IT. IF MY UNCLE HADN'T STOPPED ME, I WOULD HAVE KILLED YOU. AND THEN YOU SAVED MY LIFE, AND EVERY TIME I NEEDED YOU, YOU WERE THERE, AND I HATED YOU FOR THAT TOO

I CANT TAKE ITTTTTTTTTTTT

"— i killed your brothee. what are you doing here?
— i know what it's like to lose family."

pra mim é isso, deu, eu tô morrendo, KR me matou

"is there no way forward for us? […] i mean that we hold the centre. can we not call it a kingdom and rule it together?"

$#?$! damen. baby please im begging you. im begging. stop being sad. stop suffering. because i am LITERALLY crying and i cant do anything about it pleasr

MEU VAI TOMAR NO CU SABE WU VOU AMASSAR ESSE LIVRO PORQUE EU QUERO MORRER

HOW CAN YOU TRUST ME AFTER WHAT YOUR OWN BROTHER DID TO YOU?

BECAUSE HE WAS FALSE AND YOU ARE TRUE. I HAVE NEVER KNOWN A TRUER MAN. I THINK IF I GAVE YOU MY HEART YOU WOULD TREAT IT TENDERLYRJKWMDKWMFKEJTIWJJFIEHCJEMCMWMSNEI3IEMEMMW PORRAAAAAAAAAAAJAKWKWMSKSNWN TRATRATRATATRATRA

É TETRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU POOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

"— don't think. — said damen.
— don't... toy with me. i... have not the means to... defend against this. — said laurent.
— i don't toy with you. don't think.
— kiss me. — said laurent." e eu vou tomar bem no meio do MEU CU. porra buceta inferno carlakgoljasoifjeifjaosij

laurent de vere eu juro por deus que se um dia eu te ver na rua eu te capoto na porrada olha a situação que você ta me fazendo passar agora seu puto eu to MORRENDO

how can a person be so happy and so pissed at the same time. i wish i could THROTTLE someone's uncle. i wish i could kill him with my bare hands

"the spill of heat that came from that was too much [...]. this was the man who had had him whipped, the prince of vere." i'm so tired that for a few seconds i thought damen meant that he was whipped FOR laurent and my brain went "??? they use millenial slangs?????"

eu tô passando mal desgraça

laurent saying things with absurd fondness i am Not doing well, my baby's so soft he just has to be given a chance to show it. [begging through tears] let him be soft in public pacat

"— thank you, i know exactly how it would have been. you and auguste would have been slapping each other on the back and watching tournaments, and i would have been trailing around tugging on your sleeve, trying to get a look in edgewise" IM GOING TO FUCKING COMBUST

he would have liked you. damen, auguste would have liked you he— would have—

LAURENT. LAURENT NO!!!!!!!! HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!! "no. listen to me. i'm not going to let my uncle hurt you. i'm going to take care of it." WHEN HE AND DAMEN MADE LVOE HE WAS ALREADY PLANING ON HANDING HIMSELF TO HIS UNCLE IM GOING TO THROW HANDS I SWEAR

"— promise me, promise me we won't let him... — damen said.
— i promise." DAMEN. DAMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@!#@$@#%wt$w¨¨%#¨%#¨%#%¨#$t%$$#@#@$ READ HIS MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"!! STOP HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK O PALLAS VÉI

"are you SHY?!" "how the court knows if the royal marriage has been consummated?" "the king knows wheter or not it has been consummated!!!!!!!!!!!" and laurent LAUGHING!!!!!!!!!! this whole scene is too precious, i'll never get used to my baby openly laughing his heart out

"you wrestled him without any clothes on" "that is SPORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!" can you imagine him POUTING with his
arms crossed like the 5 y/o baby he is? ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i love you both SO much

"— i'm sorry govart is dead. i know you were trying to keep him alive.
— i thought he knew something that i could use against my uncle. it doesn't matter. we'll stop him another way." pelo amor de deus eu to te implorando eu vou ter um infarto laurent

oh. no. no, no, no, no. no. baby please that wasn't comfort, please please please

im crying. like, there are literal tears in my eyes and i can't stop because i never noticed this on the first reading and now im so fucking pissed i would kill him myself if i could i swear on my cats that i would behead that fucking piece of shit myself

damen is being so fucking cold towards jokaste and i'm loving to see it because he isn't like that to ANYONE???????? EVER?????????? and its giving me chills everytime he goes "strip her and send her to vere as a slave? / you don't really want that / no, i want it to be worse" or:

FUCK YEAH GIVE ME MORE COLD BLOODED DAMEN TOWARDS PEOPLE HE LOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!

"— give my congratulations to the prince of vere, but you're a fool to trust him. he has his own plans.
— he has never pretended otherwise."

YOU ARE TRUE. I HAVE NEVER KNOWN A TRUER MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"because he couldn't put jokaste in a sack and carry her bodily across the border, the journey presented certain logistical challenges." i think that if damen wasn't royalty, he could be a comedian

LAURENT IN A CHITON

damen is losing his goddamn mind over it i can't breathe lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

laurent: talking about serious business and their plan
damen's mind: IT WAS EVEN SHORTER SITTING DOWN IM GOING TO PASS OUT

"— i wish to restate my strong objection. — said nikandros.
— denied." i swear this man has lost more than half of his yet-to-be-lived years in the few weeks he has reunited with damen

nikandros, baby, i'm so sorry that no one listens to you lmao

what the fuck did laurent say to the soldier who went in on his wagon that made him come out of there flushed as hell

"— the stories of lady jokaste's beauty are not exaggerated.
— i expect you to speak of lady jokaste with the greatest respect, captain."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

i can't deal with them

laurent: yeah, no shit, damen?!

"earlier, laurent had tossed damen his bedroll and said, “unpack this”, and pallas had almost challenged him to a duel for the insult."

DAMEN TELLING LAURENT ABOUT THE SUMMER PALACE

"— that isn't charls the renowned veretian cloth merchant.
— i can assure you that i am.
— i can assure you. charls the renowned merchant is already here.
there was a pause.
— that is impossible. call him out here."

NDKWJFJSNDKS laurent you are SO cynical

picturing laurent talking and making big gestures with his hands and Crying

charls met the prince of vere once, in a tavern in nesson, disguised as a...... ᵖʳᵒˢᵗⁱᵗᵘᵗᵉ

i ignore completely paschal's canon hair color. for me he has blond hair starting to turn grey and that's It. paschal with dark brown hair? i don't know him

im crying because hes thinking he's going to die for damen's sake laurent baby blease

I THOGUHT IT WASNT CANNON THAT LAURENT GAVE DAMEN A BJ????????????????? I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY HANDJOBS??!!?!????!_+2(($(# WHAT. WHAY IS HAPPENING