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WHO: Greed & Lust
WHEN: Friday night
WHERE: Lust's place
WHAT: Everything.
WARNING: S.I.N.S. (Sorrows I Never Show)


Lust barely ever used her apartment. She was always either at Ambrosia or at Greed's but she still liked having a little place away to herself. Lust wasn't a fan of being alone but sometimes.. sometimes it was necessary. Times like now when Greed hurt her to the point she couldn't face anything. She turned the lights on and walked into the bedroom. It wasn't as spacious as Ambrosia, but she liked it. It was different, and not showy but very her. It was easy to see she'd put actual time and thought into it despite not using it often.

She opened the wardrobe and rooted throw clothes and sheets and other things until she found what she was looking for. It was an antique music box. But it wasn't an antique when she was first given it. It was tacky and cheap. She opened the lid, the wood creaking in protest and the old music box slowly grinding out the first tinkles of a French love song. She smiled a little and took out the only jewelry the box contained. An old silver ring twisted into knots of flowers with pearls in them. It was her wedding ring. Oh sure, her engagement ring from Devlin was the family diamond, big, flashy... but he'd surprised her on their wedding day with this unique band he'd designed himself. He was so into nature, flowers, the country.. Lust hadn't been thrilled with his little token of affection but after he was gone.. through the years she didn't know what became of the diamonds and the jewels but this.. she always kept it.

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He threw his head to the side repeating that in his head. Had he really just said friendship? To Lust of everyone. The thing about Greed is he could be discreet on a lot of things, Lust just knew how to wrangle all the shit out. She played Yahtzee with his head most of the time.

"No." He sucked his lips in. "Well, except Patience but Sloth buried him six feet under. Well, maybe more like five." It didn't help his case.

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Lust's nails sank into his shoulders when he mentioned the Virtue. "Patience?" she growled out but then something clicked in her head and well that had to be it. Of course. It was the only thing that made sense. She suddenly seemed thoughtful and asked, "How is Patience involved? Where did you find this girl?"

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Greed's teeth tightened giving her a pained smile as those nails sunk into meat and muscle. "Patience is a fucking creeper. Since Josie he stalks me---" oops he'd mentioned the J-word which brought up the Devlin shaped word for Lust. The same thing they'd argued about the day before.

"I met Zoe randomly." He hadn't sought her out, she'd found him first.

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Something close to human flashed across Lust's features when Greed mentioned Josie and reminded her of what she'd been thinking about all day. Reminded her of what she'd promised herself that she would never let Greed go through again.

But the wheels were turning and she gripped his shoulders tightly, saying slowly, "What if.. it wasn't random?" she looked at him, "You said yourself Patience was stalking you, and he knows about this girl. What if she's some sick trap the Virtues set for you?" that had to be it. Because the alternative was something she rather not face.

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"It was random!" He insisted knitting his brows together and turning his head from her. "Don't put your thoughts in my head. She didn't know Patience then, she didn't know who I was. She does like me and not because I made her." He uncurled his legs from under him. Those tears were back, blasted ugly things.

"Just let me keep this one Lust. Please." He'd take the hits if he got to keep Zoe like he didn't get to keep Josie. He was in deep with something Lust either had to comply with or he'd run.

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Lust looked thoughtful, "Temperance's been around more too. I still think this is a trap by the other side." she stroked his cheek like he was a kid, "She's a mortal. You're a Sin. Think of the last one.. did she like you all on her own? You had to use influence and I wasn't the one that took her away. She left you. So do you really think a mortal would like you without someone forcing them to? Without something being in it for her? They're trying to destroy you."

She held his head in her hands and made him look at her, saying calmly and soothingly, "You know we have to destroy her first." and it was just.. one of those things. Maybe if Greed had walked away when he said he did they wouldn't have to kill her but now, well this mortal knew he was a sin and Greed was sounding like a Virtue.. she had to go.

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"There's nothing in it for her!" He was cross. He knew what Lust was proposing and it caused him to whimper, shutting his eyes on those tears. "I don't want her dead Lust." He shook his head side to side with another whine. This was why he didn't want to tell her. He attempted to get up. He'd run from her if she did this to him. "I won't lose her Lust." His voice was dark and eerie. He was serious.

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Lust shoved down hard on his shoulders to keep him on the floor. She tilted her head, curiously observing the way he was acting. It disturbed her to see how hung up he was on some.. human. But on the other hand, it was something she could possibly use. But she didn't put too much thought into it at the moment, but the seed was there. "The problem with mortals is that they break." her grip on him was hard, "You were the one that taught me we can't play pretend and have nice human things.. remember?"

She wasn't going to let him run. He took something she wanted from her a long time ago, forced her to only rely on him. And now, he hurt her with Pride, didn't give a damn about her. And there wasn't a single reason why she shouldn't take his mortal from him. But it wasn't just being vindictive.. she was protecting him. He just.. he needed time to see that.

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He let her throw him down. He was willing to take the beating for this if it meant he got to keep what was his and keep it out of her hands. "You won't kill her Lust," his eyes were a flash of red, his nose scrunching as he gritted teeth. He had done the same to Lust when her mortal had started to come between them, but he didn't feel he was to he given the same courtesy. Greed didn't want to hurt Lust either, but he wanted this and she couldn't imagine how bad because he was able to play both sides. He had seen enough now of what someone could offer that he wanted to hold on to.

"She hasn't broken yet."

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Lust didn't care for Greed's tone and looked down at him, "No. Because you're gonna kill her." she shook her head, "You're getting this worked up over a toy? A toy that will break."

She wanted Greed to agree with her, that this needed to be done. Because it just did. But it was.. strange he was holding on this tight. Oh sure, it was Greed, he would fight to the death over a stick of gum if it was his. But she'd expected him to relent a tiny bit. Maybe one small crack of doubt she could pry into but he was standing, well sitting, firm. "Is she rich? Is that why you won't give her up? Kill her and we'll get you a new one. Ten new ones. Bright and shiny richer ones that you can actually fuck."

She gave him a look like she knew exactly what she was saying, because she did. She went through it when he took her mortal from her. "You'll be sad. And then you'll get over it."

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"No! I won't!" He'd refuse her if she made him do this. It was his. Meaning he gave the say so and he wasn't willing to give it up yet. Though with himself as a bargaining chip between Lust and Pride, Zoe was now nailed to him. "I won't do it. You won't make me. You'll have to kill me first." She would before ever prying his fingers loose.

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Lust kept her cool even though killing him was a tempting idea, "Greed... kill her now and save yourself the pain that'll come later. It'll be upsetting now," she said like she was asking him to euthanize a sick puppy. "But in the long run..."

She got down to eye level with him, "Did you forget what happened to you with Josie? How broken.. sad... and pathetic you were? You really wanna go through that again? This mortal will grow to hate you, just like the other one. She doesn't want to be with you. And if she leaves you before you're done with her, you'll be a mess all over again." she stroked his cheek with the back of her knuckles softly, "And I won't clean it up this time. Maybe Pride can take care of you." nope, she still hadn't forgotten him sniffing around their sister's ass.

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Josie was different. Josie had been different. "I haven't made her chose me Lust," he was a already a mess with her request. His eyes were already stinging against his eyelids. The only other time Lust had seen him in that amount of pain back then. What Zoe had was pure, therefore he didn't want to clip her wings back, he wanted to see how far she would fly.

Lust was digging in with a sharp knife now and he did what was necessary. He fought. He pushed Lust off him.

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Lust didn't think she was being cruel, she felt like she was trying to help him. "And she'll leave you. Don't give her that choice." she didn't like seeing him in pain, it hurt her to see it but this was necessary.

She was surprised and enraged when he pushed her away and she bounced back fast, slamming a hand against his chest to knock him down on the floor. She straddled him and looked down at him, not willing to lose him. Not to their asshole sister, and certainly not to some... ugh.. mortal. "You're Greed, you take. Take it before she can. End it before she does.." she leaned in and kissed him hard, wanting to remind him exactly who she was and what they were together. Because he seemed to be forgetting.

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She slammed him into the floor and he growled at her. She was using force on him when he didn't want it which she knew better---this wasn't the time. Not for him. "No, Lust." He kissed her back but only because she was pulling it out of him. She couldn't understand he would always need her, but right now she was hurting him.

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A slap in the face couldn't have stung more than his no. Him. Her Greed was denying her. She pulled back a little, saying quietly, "What do you want then? Pride? Your mortal?" she shrank back from him, "There was a time when all you wanted... was me." it was funny, they always ran to each other but no one hurt them more than each other.

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"I want you." She kept pitting Pride at him. "Just not like this." He didn't want to be forced. He could force people to bend to himself but when the tables turned he didn't like it. Especially, not from Lust. He wanted her, but not in this way.

"Lust..." He begged her. He only begged when he really wanted her to give him what he wanted. He was playing her emotions, but his own where a mess.

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Lust sat up and sat next to him. She shook her head, "No, you don't. You wouldn't be doing this otherwise." she looked at him and tried to get it through his thick skull, "You're ruining everything and you don't even see it. You're Greed, you want everything. Fine. But you're still mine. In this family, if everything goes to shit, you and me we stick together. It's not you, me, and Pride. It's you and me. Not you, me, and this mortal. Just you and me." which ought to sound familiar since Greed often felt that way if Lust would start spending time with someone else.

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"I want to know what its like. This is new for me." He said propping his chin on her shoulder. He would always be curious---and truth be told if being a turncoat got him what he wanted, Greed would take it. He really picked his own side when it served him best. This is why his fling with Pride didn't hit him the way it did Lust. It was why his current attachment to Zoe was so appealing.

Right now he needed Lust because he was far beyond waist deep in this. He didn't want it over but he wanted to fix it. "I want you on my side." Because the alternative would leave him a hollow shell for her.

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Lust wrenched her shoulder away and huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, "You fucked Pride and you're already sniffing around for a second round. You know what that's like but you're still going back for more so don't give me this 'new' bullshit. Will you drop this mortal when your curiosity is satisfied?" she gave him a withering look over her shoulder, "You're not on my side so why should I be on yours? I asked you to do one thing and you told me you were sorry and you understood but you weren't and you didn't."

She looked away again, "Do you really think Pride will help you out when Lucifer discovers your little pet? Maybe you should switch me for her. It'd be the best punishment of all for you." because this wasn't just sex. Lust did everything for Greed, she was mother, sister, lover, it was a full time gig. It was a lot of work. It was why she got to be the only one. And she'd let him burn before she'd let him forget it.