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Summary:

Cesare comforts Joseph after a nightmare.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Work Text:

Joseph sipped the warm chocolate, staring at the wall, blankets pulled over him, Cesare's arm around him, both silent.

 

"My dream... it was worse than before..." Joseph said softly.

 

"Do you want to tell me?" Cesare asked, keeping his voice low as well. Joseph just shook his head.

 

His brother, probably. And visions of Hell. A very familiar story.

 

"If I... accept the things you say..." Joseph trailed off. Cesare knew the feeling. It was contrary to everything he'd known, but that "everything" was gone.

 

Only Cesare offered a future, with a splendor that made it all the more terrifying.

 

Notes:

Illustration is ATC-sized, that's the size of a trading card.

This was supposed to be the first for Inktober, but I... decided not to do Inktober.

Joseph's twin brother died of tuberculosis. Cesare is going to offer to turn him into a vampire soon, but not yet. But he knows that Cesare, Miguel, and Angelo are vampires, he's been living with them for a while after they rescued him, and he expects them to offer that soon.

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