really?
( slipping into the establishment, squinting a moment and taking glasses off so eyes could adjust. )
what do you do that includes having muses?
uh huh.
( a subtle twitch of the mouth as the pad of a thumb traces it, eventually leaning back a little out of reach. )
like lotions, and serums and stuff? makes your skin soft and smell good.
caring f…..or skin?
( fingertips dancing over the face; down the bridge, through their brows, tracing their mouth. brushing a thumb through eyelashes. )
i—oh. okay.
( brows draw inward, and usually strangers touching him would raise hackles, but they seemed innocent enough. )
uh. . . i have a good skincare routine?
you think the little trysts are going great until you start talking about how you used to noblemen’s livers for a living and then suddenly the freak is too much. okay.