#but i absolutely know that I'll leave this show with vegaspete on my mind and in my fucking soul

[agmapansa3008]

No, but it's actually so so so interesting, that Vegas isn't the first one to kiss Pete. And it leads me to believe that it wasn’t his plan to seduce Pete at that moment. Quite the opposite actually. Vegas was trying to push Pete away.

Because Pete is dangerous. He didn’t run, when he had the chance, he stayed to help Vegas through his grief, he gave Vegas’ hedgehog a funeral and even after, he didn’t run, he followed Vegas back to his own prison to keep him company. And when Vegas tried to hurt himself, Pete was probably the very first person to stop him. To tell him that hurting himself is not the answer here, that Vegas doesn’t need to punish himself for not being able to meet his garbage father’s batshit standards.

And that scares Vegas, because if there’s someone out there, who sees something worthwhile in him, then what the fuck has he been doing with his life until now? Pete is steadily showing him different options and Vegas is terrified. So no, he’s not trying to get Pete into bed, not at all. He’s being crude and aggressive, he’s trying to push Pete away and when Pete doesn’t react, when Pete calls him a psycho, he thinks he’s succeeded. He makes to leave the room, and Pete is still free to run. He didn’t bind him again, Vegas is counting on Pete running, either to get rid of him and the ideas he’s planting in Vegas’ head, OR to run him down, capture him again and have another reason to punish him, to hurt him. Have a reason to believe that Pete will inevitably betray him as well.

But Pete kisses him.

Pete doesn’t run, doesn’t let Vegas leave, he kisses him.

We can see the momentary shock on Vegas’ face. And then he grins because this is different. This is interesting. And when Pete offers him the rope, offers himself to Vegas, Vegas is a goner. Afterwards, he’s looking at Pete in such wonder that it hurts to watch.

Vegas was trying to push Pete away, but damn if Pete will let him.