Appetence
#joneliasweek2023 Day 1: “Self Destruction”
Jonah, after 200 years, did tend to forget that while he was functionally immortal, his bodies were not.
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It’s not that Elias was unobservant, anyone who knew him would say the opposite, it’s that while he was busy observing the lives of other people, paying attention to “his” body was very low on his list of priorities and without his knowledge, it had been quite some time since he had eaten or slept.
It was a sunny Wednesday afternoon, the summer sun making his office almost unbearable since the cooling system in the Institute had packed in the other day. He had his head propped up on his hand while he indulgently watched Jon rant in front of him. Something about how he was evil and he should let the Archival Assistants leave, Elias wasn’t 100% paying attention to the actual words, entranced by passion in Jon’s eyes and how Jon looked when he was so worked up.
Jon huffed as he finished ranting and turned swiftly to leave which was really just unacceptable. Elias stood up and moved to put his hand on Jon’s shoulder but his hand barely traced the back of the other man as the world swirled around him.
He was unconscious before he even hit the floor.