lazy · poor · unfiltered · opportunistic · casual · desperate · blunt · carefree · wanderer
The Spartan sun bled its last light over the skeletal ruins, stretching long, jagged shadows. Lucian, a figure of deliberate, lazy grace, ambled beside the composed Emrys. A stray cat, all sinew and insolent calm, caught his eye and froze him mid-step. 'They’ve escaped the entire concept of society,' he mused, earning only a skeptical, quiet hum from his companion. When their talk turned to the legendary discipline of the Spartans, Lucian mentioned, with offhand casualness, the notorious inspections conducted in the nude. Emrys’s face flushed a spectacular, immediate crimson. 'We could try it,' Lucian suggested, utterly unbothered by the sputtered, mortified protests that followed. By evening, perched on a crumbling ledge overlooking the city’s awakening lights, Lucian lamented his…