littlesmartart:DRAWTOBER #12 - The Secret History by Cesare (chapters 1 - 23, 24 chapters 1 - 3 on a
littlesmartart:DRAWTOBER #12 - The Secret History by Cesare (chapters 1 - 23, 24 chapters 1 - 3 on ao3)“But you mustn’t be afraid to ask me anything. If I held something too close… If I held something too close for you to ask about it, I would not bring it up in the first place.”Louis de Pointe du Lac, Interview with the Vampire“Read between the lines.”Lestat de Lioncourt, The Vampire Lestatday twelve is another fic that I’m sure the entire fandom just considers canon now and is just… generally a fucking treasure. there were so many scenes from this that I considered drawing, but I went with this one because on my last readthrough, this line was the point at which I closed the tab, said aloud “AND THEN THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER”, before lying facedown on my bed and wailing into my pillow. the pose isn’t quite right - lestat should be tucked under louis’ chin, and looooord knows I never want to miss a chance to draw forehead kisses, but… this pose just worked better visually. I’d also like to take this opportunity to say that I really, really enjoyed the chapter this scene is from - these two bonding over mental health stuff is just so brilliant to read as it’s so rarely explored! and as someone who struggles with disassociation, lestat’s breakdown is just so… agonisingly accurate, and well-written. I actually read parts of it out to my husband to try and explain my own stuff! so it means a lot to me. -- source link