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1. Tinderbox (or: A History of Fire in Colonial New Orleans) by Emileesaurus

   Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice, Interview With the Vampire (1994)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Dec 2022

   Tags

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   • Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac
   • Louis de Pointe du Lac
   • Lestat de Lioncourt
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Historical
   • Slow Burn
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Introspection
   • New Orleans
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Romance
   • Blood Sharing
   • Conversations
   • Bonding
   • Overtures Toward Personal Growth

   Summary

   "I thought I could do good," Louis whispered, ashamed to the core of how completely futile it all sounded now. "I thought I could be good." Lestat's eyes blazed silver and gold in the candlelight, and Louis held them, wracked with such anguish that he felt he'd crumble if Lestat looked away now. "Haven't you ever wanted that, Lestat?"
    

   1794. Pointe du Lac lies in ashes. Lestat, desperate to keep Louis with him at any cost, tries something he's never tried before: he talks.

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