〔 @MonsterScience- 〕
he didn’t shiver, despite the weight of rain soaking him through and the wind slashing his coat like it had a vendetta. instead, cruell offered her a crooked little smile, one side of his mouth tugging up as if by habit rather than intent. mascara ran in blurred ink down the sharp ridges of his cheekbones, and one earring — a dangling gold pin shaped like a needle — caught the hallway light like a wink from some cruel god.
“i know,” he murmured, voice low and velvet-smooth, tinged with some accent that might have been london once, but was long stitched over with other cities, other sins. “but you were the one with the lights still on. lucky me.” he leaned against the doorframe without asking permission, though his weight made the gesture slump-lazy. if not for the blood, it might’ve looked like posing. hell, maybe it *was* posing.
"i won't take long. just need... a few stitches and not to die, preferably. though if you've got brandy and morphine, i wouldn’t object to a prettier end." his eyes slid over her the same way hers had done to him. not leering, no — more like inventory. reading the sharp line of her mouth, the scalpel, the way she didn’t ask who he was. he smiled again. blood rolled from the corner of his mouth, but he didn’t flinch. “may i come in?”