lanselos_du_lac

He takes a very long drink, which if he were with someone else would definitely be flirting -- showing off the line of his throat as he swallows, knowing the way his curls are straying loose from the ribbon -- but with Lance is just the sheer carelessness of being around someone who reminds him of Camelot. In truth he can understand why Laertes and Claudius have a bond in Denmark; it doesn't matter if it's a place they're glad to have left, but the two of them have a shared understanding of what it was like to have been formed by it. He and Lancelot both know what Arthur's magnetic power is like at its height -- they know about the casual violence of life in Britain, they know the same men and women, they both left their homes for the burden of knighthood.

When he finishes he hands the bottle back, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand.