he goes alone to his new apartment, sits down on the floor in the entryway, and cries. he feels gutted and empty and crying isn't even cathartic like it should be. he wants to be back home, to curl up in graves' arms, to be comforted by him like he always would. but he also has to stay strong and not give in - he's drawn a line in the sand and he needs to be steadfast about it. graves has told him that he has agency, and he's using it.
all he has now is work, and people liked gellert and him together in past shoots so much that they become a hot item for more: gellert coming from germany is a rarity, but he stays in the states to work with credence and fawns over him to get closer. credence likes the attention and it makes him feel bashful and wanted, but he still doesn't waver.
every so often gellert will make an advance on him and credence will refuse gently but firmly. the time that graves sees them is the most heated it's ever gotten: gellert is telling him he hasn't said it by now, he's not going to and credence simply replies no, he's going to. i love percival and i trust him. he'll do it. i'm not giving up.
it's very clear he has no idea that graves is actually there: which is more points in his favor, likely.
all the same he has no idea what to think when he gets home to the smell of food (of potatoes?? something he is not generally allowed to eat but often sneaks) and it startles him into stillness before he goes into the kitchen to see ... graves.
something twists tight and painful in his chest and he holds onto the edge of one of the granite counters, staring at him. ] What-- [ he swallows, still awed and confused. ] What are you doing here? [ a beat. ] How did you even get in?
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he goes alone to his new apartment, sits down on the floor in the entryway, and cries. he feels gutted and empty and crying isn't even cathartic like it should be. he wants to be back home, to curl up in graves' arms, to be comforted by him like he always would. but he also has to stay strong and not give in - he's drawn a line in the sand and he needs to be steadfast about it. graves has told him that he has agency, and he's using it.
all he has now is work, and people liked gellert and him together in past shoots so much that they become a hot item for more: gellert coming from germany is a rarity, but he stays in the states to work with credence and fawns over him to get closer. credence likes the attention and it makes him feel bashful and wanted, but he still doesn't waver.
every so often gellert will make an advance on him and credence will refuse gently but firmly. the time that graves sees them is the most heated it's ever gotten: gellert is telling him he hasn't said it by now, he's not going to and credence simply replies no, he's going to. i love percival and i trust him. he'll do it. i'm not giving up.
it's very clear he has no idea that graves is actually there: which is more points in his favor, likely.
all the same he has no idea what to think when he gets home to the smell of food (of potatoes?? something he is not generally allowed to eat but often sneaks) and it startles him into stillness before he goes into the kitchen to see ... graves.
something twists tight and painful in his chest and he holds onto the edge of one of the granite counters, staring at him. ] What-- [ he swallows, still awed and confused. ] What are you doing here? [ a beat. ] How did you even get in?