❛ rocky –baby – i just can’t think of any other way to tell you. ❜ the doctor hesitates, lingering in the doorway like a dreadfully upset mother. of course, the very last thing frank wishes to accomplish is to deprive rocky of happiness, of comfort, but alas, enough is enough. ❛ baby, you can’t stay in there so long. you can’t ! i know, i know i ought to have told you before. ❜ the hot tub is a fine thing, really, but frank frets tremendously to think of rocky’s delicate skin becoming painfully dry as a result of the several bubbling chemicals. ❛ don’t look at me that way, rocky. ❜
"I'm not perfect. I'm nothing." - Rocky - doublefeaturre
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‘ oh, baby, don’t speak that way ! ’ he’s rushing to the creation’s side, gentle hands coming to rest upon broad shoulders. surely, rocky isn’t SERIOUS ! ‘ you are everything! oh, rocky – don’t you see ? there’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with you, my baby. ’ lips painted in ruby brush thoughtlessly against the creature’s nape, leaving a vivid, sticky mark behind … the scientist makes a face, & rubs at it with the tips of his fingers. oh, well. a bit of lipstick never harmed anyone. ‘ tell me, rocky ; what’s troubling you, mm ? how’ve you come up with this DREADFUL idea ? ’
Well, he never thought the muscles were just for show, per se, but he had been under the impression that they were just for, well… enjoyment. Frank’s enjoyment, specifically. He flexes, experimentally, then looks back at the man dragging him along. The much slighter man dragging him along…
But what is it they say about the hand that feeds you? His stomach growls and bites inside him, and so he trots docilely at Frank’s glittering heels.
‘ BUT OF COURSE. ’ croons he, shadowed eyes suddenly widening at the SIGHT of his spotless creature & the perfect muscles he’s been given. ‘ oh, baby – don’t distract me ! we’ve got to get you fed, i can’t be getting CARRIED AWAY ! ’ &&with a titter, frank strides on down the corridor, turning swiftly into the grand kitchen once he’s reached it. ‘ darling, come here. your precious little hands are terriblyDIRTY! ’
&& as if brad majors NEEDS another reason to wrap his hands around the prince’s throat ( again. ) one taunting finger prods janet’s shoulder, & brows lined in BLACK raise expectantly ; surely, the female is aware of the MISTLETOE that hovers just above her – there’s a quick flash of tongue between frank’s teeth, SENSUAL as always. ‘ look at that, janet weiss ! ’
Oh, so he wasn’t supposed to- he lowers the carcass again, setting it down with a tenderness that contrasts sharply against how he was gnawing on the thing moments earlier. He’s tense in Frank’s grasp, not quite outright fleeing the touch and not quite welcoming it. Either way, he follows the doctor willingly, promises of food drawing him on. At the mention of the kitchen, though, that perfect brow furrows.
“-the servants scare me.” He can’t explain why; he has the reasons (oh, plenty of reasons) but not, at the moment, the words.
‘ oh, little adonis –WHATEVER FOR ? ’ the furter gives rocky’s wrist a slight squeeze, practically dragging him along at this point. ‘ they wouldn’t hurt you. well, not AGAIN, they wouldn’t. magenta & riff raff, they know much better now, rocky. ’ ( they oughtto, anyhow. )
‘ && if they should so FOOLISHLY decide to harm you, you mustn’t be afraid to get a bit TOUGH ! those muscles aren’t just for SHOW, baby. ’
Rocky’s drifting towards sleep or unconsciousness with remarkable momentum, but when the conversation shifts from love to leaving, a cold shot of FEAR rams through his otherwise fogged mind.
“Don’t.” He’s just awake enough to stir (though the pain makes him wish he didn’t) and grab Frank’s wrist. His grip is unsteady, strong hands trembling. “I’m frightened.”
A fairly obvious confession to make, given the circumstances, but he means- he means- if they split up now, Rocky will be defenseless, and Frank will be alone. The servants are still out there, he knows they are, and a rainbow box won’t be enough protection- but perhaps they just might be able to protect one another. It had worked the first time, hadn’t it? But now Rocky is wounded, and Frank no longer has a creature to serve as his first line of defense. If they split up now, they might never reunite.
a gasp is wrenched from the doctor’s lungs when rocky takes hold of him, separated lips relaxing into a tender smile soon after. ‘ oh, baby – i know. i won’t let anyoneHURT you. ’ &&frank nearly REGRETS saying so ; of course he’ll protect rocky, the same way rocky will protect him, but he just isn’t sure how to, or perhaps he’s unsure of what GOOD his protection will do, should they encounter the servants again.
frank has no laser - beam, only rocky & the last shreds of a killer ego.
‘ come here, rocky. IT’S ALRIGHT, everything will be fine. ’ in the CHILL of the lab, frank clings to rocky & lets rocky cling to him, warmer together, safer together. the scientist can’t recall a moment in which he’d felt as CLOSE to another being as he now does, & the feeling is quite BITTERSWEET ; what if this closeness, this safety is taken from him ? the creature deserves more than one perilous DAY of existence. he deserves years & years &years, years of love and of supreme joy. ‘ we’ll be alright, rocky. i love you very much. ’
Oh, he hadn’t- he hadn’t thought about the carpet. Apologetically, he picks the rat remnants back up, cradled in his gentle hands. He’s not quite sure what to do with it, if he’s not supposed to eat it or leave it here- he’s still hungry, but this mess is much less appetizing than, well, most other things that could conceivably be consumed. At Frank’s question, he nods emphatically.
“Yes- please.” He’s learning some manners, at least.
‘ oh, never mind the carpet ! set it backdown, rocky. ’ he’ll have magenta scrub out whatever stains the carcass may leave behind, later. he must now see to the NEEDS of his creature, once he’s cleaned him up, of course. ‘ come now, ’ frank insists, reaching for rocky’s hand ; he PAUSES, takes him by the wrist instead. ‘ – i admire your RESOURCEFULNESS, rocky, but there isn’t any reason to scavenge. why, just downstairs, there is quite an impressive kitchen at your very disposal, my love. ’
he turns halfway, & he simpers. ‘ you’ll REMEMBER this, won’t you ?there is no need to eat rats. ’
