Finishing Calling on Azucena/Surprising Orpheus
Finch had decided to take his leave as soon as the other man, Earl Harrison Davis, had made his presence. Wanting to give Azucena a proper conversation with someone who was actually calling on her with intentions deeper than friendship, he slipped out quietly, letting her attention stay on her caller. As he was on his way to the next lady he was visiting, he found himself passing a familiar estate. An estate belonging to the family of one Orpheus Langston.
Seeing Orpheus at the ball went about as well as Finch thought it would. Orpheus had a right to be as upset as he was. Finch should have known better. He assumed that Orpheus would want space but he knew Orpheus enough to have known that he would be hurt by him distancing himself and yet, he did it anyway. He had tried to apologize at the ball but Orpheus had been too drunk and too hurt to have an actual conversation. Which is how Finch found himself climbing the front steps of the Langston manor. When the door opened, the family’s butler, Jerald, told him where he could find Orpheus, having seen Finch many times before.
He found him struggling to bandage a bloody hand. At that moment, Finch discarded his original plan of approaching him slowly so as to not anger him with his presence. As far as he was concerned, at this moment, Orpheus was still the kid who Finch played music with and the brotherly instincts he held towards him kicked in. “Orpheus, what happened?” He asked as he arrived at his side. He could only watch him for a few more seconds before needing to intervene. “Here, let me help.” He said, taking the bandages from him and starting to gently wrap them around the cut on his hand.
@DandelionKate - Orpheus