In truth, Lalo doesn't know. Not for sure. But he'd seen Louis's nails. The easy, charming way Louis conducts himself. And the way Louis befriends women so readily, and speaks about them without any hint of jealousy or lust.
That circumstantial evidence, paired with the paranoia of someone deep in self-disgust over his own tendencies, is enough to make the connection in Lalo's mind. If he can ready identify that Louis is one of those people, then who would suspect he is too?
Would Lalo have even felt compelled to bring it up if he hadn't for a moment been transfixed on the eerie green glow shining almost hypnotically off of Lestat's golden locks?
Probably not.
But Lalo seems none the wiser, cheerfully matching Lestat's merry tone. "Favors it is!" Lalo agrees readily. He was thinking the same thing. Favors makes the most sense. "Now... what kind of favor would you done for me, I wonder?"
A playful smirk accompanies those words. Almost teasing.
cw: internalized homophobia/biphobia
That circumstantial evidence, paired with the paranoia of someone deep in self-disgust over his own tendencies, is enough to make the connection in Lalo's mind. If he can ready identify that Louis is one of those people, then who would suspect he is too?
Would Lalo have even felt compelled to bring it up if he hadn't for a moment been transfixed on the eerie green glow shining almost hypnotically off of Lestat's golden locks?
Probably not.
But Lalo seems none the wiser, cheerfully matching Lestat's merry tone. "Favors it is!" Lalo agrees readily. He was thinking the same thing. Favors makes the most sense. "Now... what kind of favor would you done for me, I wonder?"
A playful smirk accompanies those words. Almost teasing.