Lot 666, ladies and gentlemen!

[waxrose]

Off to work - was actually glad that I work today for once, because it means they won't phone and harass me to pick up shifts on my days off like they have EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. I am not joking. I have barely enough time to work on all my papers as is without their bloody harassment.

Joan Kinney/Margaret Schmidt for url_girl | 383 words | Queer as Folk

Comments

[rock_dy]

"Will you carry me?" he said after a bit of this walking business.

"What? Are your legs broken or something?" Kane asked, looking over his shoulder at him.

"No. But I'm a prince and I really can't be expected to walk that far."

Kane squinted at him with annoyance, "Demos. What makes you a prince?"

"My good hair and posture. And my noble birth, of course. Also, I think my rather appealing fashion sense has something to do with it..." he mused.

"But what keeps your land and your personage safe? What empowers a monarchy?"

"Oh, the army. And the castle."

"And is your army here? Is your castle here?"

"No..."

"Then, right here in this forest, you have no more protection than a peasant. And no means of forcing your will upon others."

"Listen, you hippie," started Demos, getting really irate. He was already having a bad day; did he have to make it worse by spouting communist nonsense at him?

"Who goes there?" came a loud voice.

Kane bared his teeth but Demos spoke first.

"I'm Prince Belmont and I demand you show yourself!"

"Well you're not really a prince if your army isn't with you, are you?" said a scruffy figure, emerging from the woods on horseback. He was about their age though a little taller.

"Oh god, another hippie. Listen, do you know where Castle Belmont is? I need to get back there and this one," he pointed at Kane, "Isn't much help."

Kane glared at him while the horseman replied. "I'm Vinnie. And sure I know where it is, come on, I'll take you." And with that he reached down and helped Demos up onto the horse behind him. Demos made a happy, pleased face because Vinnie was a hunk and here he got to hold onto his waist.

There seemed to be enough room for Kane on the horse but when Demos reached for him he just looked away as if he didn't see him. So Kane walked by them instead. He was surprisingly able to keep up with them, on horseback as they were.
Vinnie was very easy going and nice. But on the other hand, Kane only seemed to glare at him.

"What's your name then, fluffy?" he asked, for Kane indeed had fluffy hair.

Kane didn't reply. Being a prince, Demos was trained to be diplomatic.

"His name is Kane."

"That's a nice name," he replied, smiling down at the filthy boy. But Demos noticed Vinnie never offered to let Kane on the horse.

Demos tugged on the horseman when they stopped to let the horse drink. "Vinnie, maybe me and Kane should switch places, he's probably tired."

Vinnie looked surprised, "Him? On the horse? Ah..." Vinnie rubbed the back of his neck. "Demos, I don't know what it's like where you come from, but where I'm from...It's um.."

Demos felt a weird hot prickle on his skin, suddenly liking the tall, dark stranger a lot less. "I know he's a little dirty but-"

"Oh, it's not that! It's just..."

"Caught you red-handed, you filthy bastard!" And suddenly there was a knight trying to chop Vinnie's head off. Kane hauled Demos out of the way because he was really too baffled to do anythign but stare.

"Shit!" Vinnie managed to maneuver the knight into putting his sword in a tree. Now that it was a fair fight he started by punching the chain mailed man on the jaw.

The knight wasn't in full armor, just chain mail and a blue jerkin, allowing him to move a lot more easily. He was even taller than Vinnie though darker with curly hair, and twice as manly. But this guy's manliness did not interest Demos, he was ruining his rescue! He stepped right in-between them both, getting in the knight's face.

"Hey! What the hell is going on! Who are you? This guy is saving me and taking me out of this godforsaken forest!" Demos was really going to kill someone if his "hold onto the tall stranger time" was messed up.

"Saving you?" The knight looked baffled. "He is not! This is Vinnie the Black Bandit! He's probably going to ransom you! Weren't you?!"

[rock_dy]

Vinnie rubbed the back of his neck again, which Demos already knew he did when he was put on the spot.

"Ah, well..."

Soon, Demos was joining Kane in glaring at Vinnie as the knight thoroughly arrested him.

"The Black Bandit is a stupid title for a 'Vinnie'," Demos commented moodily, now seated on the knight's horse, Vinnie's horse tied securely to the saddle and Vinnie bound and flopped bodily across his horse.

"Yeah, I know. But nothing really goes well with 'Vinnie'," he replied, sighing.

"My name’s Dominic, by the way. Dominic the White," said the knight.

"You're more brownish, aren't you?" Demos remarked conversationally. Kane was still not on a horse though now there was plenty of room with two of them.

"It's more about a purity thing," said the Italian, who was indeed quite tan from chasing bandits through the woods.

Kane once again was silent but Demos noted he wasn't glaring at Dominic like he had Vinnie.

"I don't really know where your kingdom is," he said, "But I'm sure someone in my kingdom will, don't worry, little prince. The king is very smart and has lots of maps."

Bah.

[waxrose]

OMG THAT IS SO GREAT! :DDDDD

Now I want more. Tease.

[rock_dy]

In good time.