I came up with Hellbeats angst inspired by HS and need to share it with someone before I cry
After Skid and Pump "disappear" but before Frank dies, he decides to visit Lila's house to see how she's holding up
She is Not holding up. At all.
What happened to Skid completely broke her and now the only thing she thinks about is what Father Gregor said to her, that she's irresponsible and negligent and that her son's been in multiple dangerous situations without her even realizing.
And now he's gone. And he's never coming back.
And Lila thinks it's all her fault.
Oh
Oh wow…
Oh my god ‘cause she’s so protective of him and she loves him more than anything and to learn that he died while she didn’t even know what was happening and for her to think she failed so miserably as a parent and what that would do to her-
she wants to boop him again but instead she revenges. her palm capture his and sensually she places several digits of his palm on her mouth, licking, sucking them slowly, tongue playing with his dermis.
—Is this her way of seeking his forgiveness? It’s a decent start, albeit following three (1, 2, 3) significant transgressions. Astarion cannot merely look away from what she has done, the wanton disregard for his sanity, the blows against his ego. If Orihime is serious about reconciling with him, she will need to offer more penance than just this. He is thinking massive displays of humility, multiple times a day. Preferably naked.
In any case, for now, he will allow himself to simply revel in the stretch of reddening lips around the combined girth of his fingers; in the blissful, velvety warmth of a welcoming mouth and questing tongue…
Perhaps grant the tiniest little boop unto that uvula.