loud.
false.
stands and walks to Geo.
puts hand on arm to calm him.
"It's fine, Daddy. He's just bitter he still hasn't gotten any."
Raven leans close to Geo.
sniffs.
makes show of breathing deep.
"The hell are you doing?" Geo growls.
but he isn't really angry.
never angry with Raven.
or Moon.
only Nikolai.
"You smell like cigars and whiskey and rocks," Raven announces, smiling. "I wonder how our goddess would describe that?"
Geo pushes him away.
gentle.
"Fuck off."
Raven turns.
looks at me, tilts head, wondering.
growl rises from my chest.
warning.
stay away from me.
Raven holds hands up.
"I wouldn't dream of it," he says, voice quick and light.
Nikolai laughs like jackal.
can't help but wonder.
thinking now.
whatdoI smell like?
to Moon?
do I have a scent?