[ graves does this for a living. it's what he does best, and he's very handsomely rewarded for it. he kills for this family because he owes them a life debt -- and the head of the family is an impressive man, shrewd and cunning but with a moral code that graves comes to admire. he doesn't ask for much, not really; only for the leeway to do his job. after all, he's a specialist, and he's the only one credence's father has in mind to protect his son.
they meet in an official capacity one day; graves has watched him grow up, caught glimpses of him every few months or so when he's off to do his father's dirty work, and on occasion to negotiate on his behalf with otherwise hostile business partners -- but this here, this is an explicit show of trust. the scion of a powerful family, his life in his hands.
credence insists on a first name basis, something which secretly amuses graves but he capitulates all the same, and the longer he's his bodyguard, the more he's come to care for him beyond the confines of the job. here's a young man who has no interest in the family business, a lonely soul yearning to spread his wings and fly beyond the confines of expectations.
he's still young -- seventeen? -- and burning with the need to go beyond the vast reaches of his father's criminal empire. he stays with him, before tapping out a cigarette from a silver case and offering it to him. ]
That depends on which dumb asshole you're talking about.
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they meet in an official capacity one day; graves has watched him grow up, caught glimpses of him every few months or so when he's off to do his father's dirty work, and on occasion to negotiate on his behalf with otherwise hostile business partners -- but this here, this is an explicit show of trust. the scion of a powerful family, his life in his hands.
credence insists on a first name basis, something which secretly amuses graves but he capitulates all the same, and the longer he's his bodyguard, the more he's come to care for him beyond the confines of the job. here's a young man who has no interest in the family business, a lonely soul yearning to spread his wings and fly beyond the confines of expectations.
he's still young -- seventeen? -- and burning with the need to go beyond the vast reaches of his father's criminal empire. he stays with him, before tapping out a cigarette from a silver case and offering it to him. ]
That depends on which dumb asshole you're talking about.