#and obviously worried about up his childhood friend being dumped headfirst into court drama

[grey-eyed-menace]

It smells like cigarettes and alcohol.

Nathaniel's expression is distinctly pinched in distaste at the smell, and Asher is vaguely reminded of all the times they've had to deal with Lord Verrine in the last few weeks, the expression not unlike what he showed during the times they had to deal with his Lord Father.

It probably doesn't help that this is a brothel, small and unassuming, a bar as a front, the girls descreet, she and Nathaniel look incredibly out of place amongst the patrons at this time of day, as few as there are.

The pale, impossibly frail, young woman and the disgusted redhead, wonderful work they were doing.

#creative writing #writing #my writing #oc's and shit #excerpt from a story i'll never finish #so many ideas #so little time #and so much anxiety... can't forget the anxiety... #but here have this #Asher Hassenfeld #Nathaniel Verrine #shady friends doing shady things #in the original 'story' in universe Nathaniel and Asher are meant to be enemies in a sense #as in Asher's original incarnation 'Lucina' showed him kindness as a small child and never interacted with him again when he latched onto i #and Lucina promised to always be on his side despite not really meaning it and you know... being like ten #and he became OBSESSED #here Asher has been a presence for as long as he can remember and is far more willing to knock him on his ass #there's still shades of what he could have been present in the larger story but over all he's pretty chill #and obviously worried about up his childhood friend being dumped headfirst into court drama #Asher's also really fucking small a nineteen year old #like... knives yeah she can do that... swords? #she can barely lift it #she's a court lady #not a knight #it's made known in spades