(( There are some points during Horus' recounting of events that Emmanuel isn't able to keep his feelings off his face. At least what does flicker over his features isn't pity or disgust. How can he pity someone like Horus for a single bad thing that happened to him? Would he even want that? And there's no disgust at any of it: the violence, the incest, the retribution. No, there's only a fleeting shock at how vastly Emmanuel himself underestimated what Set is actually capable of doing to grab at power. Now he feels even luckier about how his own encounter with Set went.
But the rest? It definitely got under Emmanuel's skin even if he didn't show it openly. Between being exhausted and the conversation... Is it any wonder he drifted off to sleep thinking about his own brother?
His brother, dead and gone for so long now. The brother that haunts him whenever his mind is idle. The brother who creeps into his dreams, both good and bad, to disrupt his sleep, to keep ripping the wound open like the eagles did to Prometheus. It's not even a scar on his soul. It's a gaping wound. A scar implies that it healed at some point.
Emmanuel could blame the content of Horus' conversation for this dream, but the truth is, it's not the first time he's dreamed of Elijah in a decidedly sexual way. If only it could be the last. He'd be really grateful if it could be the last. Please, let it be the last.
Usually, it's not an issue when this happens, or when he has some nightmare about his brother's death. Usually, there's no one else in the room to be disturbed by Emmanuel's particularly restless and noisy sleep. Usually, someone tasked with protecting him isn't right there to witness his shame. ))
cw: imaginary incest
But the rest? It definitely got under Emmanuel's skin even if he didn't show it openly. Between being exhausted and the conversation... Is it any wonder he drifted off to sleep thinking about his own brother?
His brother, dead and gone for so long now. The brother that haunts him whenever his mind is idle. The brother who creeps into his dreams, both good and bad, to disrupt his sleep, to keep ripping the wound open like the eagles did to Prometheus. It's not even a scar on his soul. It's a gaping wound. A scar implies that it healed at some point.
Emmanuel could blame the content of Horus' conversation for this dream, but the truth is, it's not the first time he's dreamed of Elijah in a decidedly sexual way. If only it could be the last. He'd be really grateful if it could be the last. Please, let it be the last.
Usually, it's not an issue when this happens, or when he has some nightmare about his brother's death. Usually, there's no one else in the room to be disturbed by Emmanuel's particularly restless and noisy sleep. Usually, someone tasked with protecting him isn't right there to witness his shame. ))