[David had seldom felt less golden. A King deceived, a princess caught on the brink of disgrace - all through his own thoughtlessness. There were days, even now, when he never felt less like he belonged in the big city. Days when he never felt more like a farm boy fresh out of the fields and way out of his depth.
Jack's invitation had been taken up as a brief respite. Not that the clubs and party scene Jack frequented weren't yet another strange new world for David, but they were at least a different one. Different to court with all its politics and machinations, and with a bar well stocked enough to allow him the chance to forget the real world, if only for one night.
So David drank. He drank to take the taste of lies from his mouth. He drank because the women who crowded him and curled their perfectly manicured nails around his arms while they talked made him feel awkward and young.
He drank, maybe a glass too much.
And then the summons came. David let himself be lead into the darkness at the back of the bar to one of the few members of Silas' family with whom he did not currently feel ashamed. Jack. Jack, whose life David once thought it must be fun to have - but who never quite looked like he was having any.
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Jack's invitation had been taken up as a brief respite. Not that the clubs and party scene Jack frequented weren't yet another strange new world for David, but they were at least a different one. Different to court with all its politics and machinations, and with a bar well stocked enough to allow him the chance to forget the real world, if only for one night.
So David drank. He drank to take the taste of lies from his mouth. He drank because the women who crowded him and curled their perfectly manicured nails around his arms while they talked made him feel awkward and young.
He drank, maybe a glass too much.
And then the summons came. David let himself be lead into the darkness at the back of the bar to one of the few members of Silas' family with whom he did not currently feel ashamed. Jack. Jack, whose life David once thought it must be fun to have - but who never quite looked like he was having any.
He slid into the bar beside the prince.]
They're missing you, up at the bar.