I have to say that one of my favorite moments of the novel Lasher so far is Julien inviting Lasher to possess him as some sort of bargain chip.

You know, like it’s no big deal.

He gives such a strong opening to Lasher, too. He dreads it and thinks it’s gonna suck big time but he also makes the offer in the sluttiest possible way to entice Lasher, like:

And Lasher is soooo wary of him that Julien has to keep laying thick on it

Also big fan of how Lasher’s notions of gender are so backwards even for a man born in 1828

And him going like “You suck so much and this is gonna be awful but you can always make me come so hard I go blind like usual”? Big fan as well