06-09-2022, 10:32 PM
If Arthur had not wanted a fight, he would not have come back to Malachi.
Still, that did not mean he wasn’t considering slipping an opium pill into his mouth like he had done once already. But to reach into his pants and retrieve his trusty tin, in the middle of all of this… too much trouble. Rather than do that, Arthur pulled Malachi close, closer, and turned them around to push him down onto the bench in the confessional.
“Give it to me,” he repeated. The doctor leaned in close, his knee landing between Malachi’s. One hand pressed against the wall beside Malachi’s head to steady him.
“Or I will take it,” Arthur finished. His weak hand cupped Malachi, thumb pulling at his bottom lip. Doing so revealed more of the man’s teeth that he so loved.
Indilgence, they had agreed on. But there was a time and a place for everything.
Still, that did not mean he wasn’t considering slipping an opium pill into his mouth like he had done once already. But to reach into his pants and retrieve his trusty tin, in the middle of all of this… too much trouble. Rather than do that, Arthur pulled Malachi close, closer, and turned them around to push him down onto the bench in the confessional.
“Give it to me,” he repeated. The doctor leaned in close, his knee landing between Malachi’s. One hand pressed against the wall beside Malachi’s head to steady him.
“Or I will take it,” Arthur finished. His weak hand cupped Malachi, thumb pulling at his bottom lip. Doing so revealed more of the man’s teeth that he so loved.
Indilgence, they had agreed on. But there was a time and a place for everything.
