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Jun 4, 2015 21:33:42 GMT -5
Post by ciaran callaghan on Jun 4, 2015 21:33:42 GMT -5
it's a little, rare indulgence that ciaran permits for himself, this sneaky foray into the inner heart-- into this place where he does not belong. for drawing, of all things. he berates himself for his stupidity under his breath, even though he knows that he will come back. he finds the beauty in the decadence of these magicians, in their honeyed words and whispered spells and shining finery, even as he feels disdain.
there is one of them even now, hastily sketched onto a page between more detailed architecture and the river seine. this particular rendition has a coy smile and a confident set to his shoulders; ciaran sees him sometimes, standing and speaking to other people-who-seem-important, and thus he has found his way into his art.
lost in thought, ciaran doesn't see him before it's too late-- papers scatter everywhere and he just barely catches himself before his face goes smashing into the pavement.
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Jun 4, 2015 21:49:04 GMT -5
Post by KRISTOFFER KROWE on Jun 4, 2015 21:49:04 GMT -5
straight to his ass he goes, blinking with wide and confused eyes. what had just happened? He glances around, rubbing his head.
papers are littered all around him, pencil markings sketched into beautiful figures and faces, but he recognizes a few. he reaches over, pulls one into his fingertips' grasp, and examines that face. it's his own.
pink hues look up through white lashes, confused yet intrigued. "You've been drawing me?" he asks, still sitting on the ground.
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Jun 6, 2015 12:56:11 GMT -5
Post by ciaran callaghan on Jun 6, 2015 12:56:11 GMT -5
oh.
oh shit.
ciaran is quick to scramble to his feet, his normal cool replaced by a deepening flush on his pale cheeks. "no! i mean...yes." he scratches the back of his head with one hand and offers the other to the pretty man on the ground. "sorry, i wasn't thinking, and it just kind of...happened?" his laugh is a little higher than he had hoped for, a little more sheepish than he expected.
he pauses, scrambling for something to say that won't make him feel like a dull idiot. "you have a nice face."
damn it.
"i swear i'm not stalking you or anything!"
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Jun 6, 2015 16:56:07 GMT -5
Post by KRISTOFFER KROWE on Jun 6, 2015 16:56:07 GMT -5
"I don't think you're stalking me," he replies as he takes the hand offered to him, pulling him up to his feet. He looks down at the paper, examining it closely, then looks at this stuttering person again. "What's your name?"
Kris smiles, loving the compliment to his face and the fact that it's drawn all over the paper in his hands. He's flattered, really. "These are really good."
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Jun 8, 2015 12:25:41 GMT -5
Post by ciaran callaghan on Jun 8, 2015 12:25:41 GMT -5
oh, thank god. ciaran files away his visions of torture chambers and being ripped apart limb by limb by a djinni for another time. "i'm sergeant callaghan, serving under lieutenant colonel--" he stops the autopilot his mouth is on, brows furrowing. it's a force of habit, he supposes. "uh, ciaran. ciaran callaghan. sir."
"thank you." his voice is soft, and despite himself ciaran smiles, just a little bit. "um, if you'd like, you can keep them." he wrings his hands, looking down at the paper still in the white-haired man's grasp. "drawing is a hobby of mine." it's hard, keeping the excitement out of his voice-- he's never thought of his art as particularly good, not when there are others with training and time-- but he manages a respectable, cautious look of hope.
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Jun 8, 2015 22:14:10 GMT -5
Post by KRISTOFFER KROWE on Jun 8, 2015 22:14:10 GMT -5
Even if they aren't all that great, Kris doesn't see a difference. He isn't an artist, so he finds them to be absolutely beautiful.
The man's response to the question of who he was takes Kristoffer off guard, but he smiles again after he blinks his confusion away. "Easy, you can be casual with me," he replies with a kind voice, kind eyes.
"You draw often?" If it's a hobby, then surely the answer is yes. "Would you um..."
He nibbles his lip, looking up through those white eyelashes, framing pretty pink irises. "Would you draw me? Again? But this time, I'll pose for you?"
In his hands, the drawings he picked up earlier, tight fingers holding onto them for dear life. "I'll pay you for it."
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Jun 11, 2015 13:02:43 GMT -5
Post by ciaran callaghan on Jun 11, 2015 13:02:43 GMT -5
"sorry," ciaran looks down the way he always does, eyes darting back up when the man questions him about his drawing. "yes, s-- yes. i started as a child." there is a glimmer of pride in his otherwise meek voice, a soft smile that touches his lips. had he not gone into the army...
his attention snaps back in an instant the moment he asks him to draw him. again. eyes wide, ciaran allows himself a few moments of stunned disbelief before an instinctual reply spills from his mouth. "you don't need to p..." he stops himself, trailing off as he thinks of father, withering away in an ascetic's apartment, worn clothing and musty bedsheets and old bread his companions. ciaran' salary is liveable, it buys remedies and healers and a clean home-- but his mind turns to what he could do with even a little extra for the old man...
"what did you have in mind?" his expression morphs into something neutral, business-like.
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Jun 11, 2015 18:55:01 GMT -5
Post by KRISTOFFER KROWE on Jun 11, 2015 18:55:01 GMT -5
The neutral, business-like tone takes Kris off guard, but he smiles as he looks down at the papers. They look like they're done in pencil, but he wonders...
"Can you paint, too?" He asks as he looks the man over again. His eyes drift down to his fingers, the ones responsible for these majestic lines. "I'll pay you according to medium and size."
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Jun 17, 2015 22:46:20 GMT -5
Post by ciaran callaghan on Jun 17, 2015 22:46:20 GMT -5
"yes." ciaran says, trying to keep the eagerness out of his voice. he watches the man watch him and resists the urge to run and hide, settling on curling his pale fingers tightly. "but i have...less experience with paints." they are too expensive, too fanciful even for the pleasure they give him at their vibrant color. ciaran stole more than his fair share of them as a child, but nowadays his conscience forbids him both from the lavish expense and from swiping them with his sticky fingers. he looks down again, unsure of how to tell his (first) customer.
"do you have a time you'd like me to come around?" ciaran manages, allowing himself a weak smile. "i have a few leisure days, but i can also arrange to meet when i'm not away on an extended expedition..." if i live. there's always the distinct possibility that a beast will tend him limb from limb on the morrow and sprinkle the earth with his blood. a distinctively unpleasant thought, to be sure-- oddly enough, at this point in his career ciaran is more worried about the completion of his work than certain doom.
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Jun 19, 2015 18:50:14 GMT -5
Post by KRISTOFFER KROWE on Jun 19, 2015 18:50:14 GMT -5
"Then it will give you the practice you need," he replies with a smile. Perhaps, if Ciaran is clever enough, Kris will help him buy those paints he desperately needs experience with. All it takes is the right words.
"I'm usually free on weekends or after 5pm," he goes on to inform, his eyes glancing down at the paper in his hands. He smiles again.
Someone who actually likes me without my interfering for it.
It means a lot to him.
"I can always come by your place if you ever want that occasionally."
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Post by ciaran callaghan on Jun 27, 2015 8:21:59 GMT -5
ciaran can't help himself-- he spends a few moments opening his mouth and closing it like a gawping fish, struggling between his calm, business-like exterior and the internal screaming. he's used to the indifference and sometimes contempt of his social betters, not this smiling and encouragement.
this, he thinks, is without a doubt the strangest day he's had in a very long time.
"right, uh, five pm," he echoes, realizing that he's zoned out a little. ciaran reigns in his flighty imagination and his brows furrow, thinking. "five pm-- wait, my home?" he stops whips his gaze back to kristoffer's face. "you can't! that is, i mean no offense, sir-- but my home...it's not fit for a gentleman of your--" ciaran takes in his fine clothes, his confident air. "stature. please, i'll save you the trouble and simply come to yours, or, or, someplace else..." |
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Jun 28, 2015 1:03:17 GMT -5
Post by KRISTOFFER KROWE on Jun 28, 2015 1:03:17 GMT -5
Well, that reaction took him off guard. He isn't expecting some type of royal treatment or anything. He blinks at the other male, incredibly shocked.
"Wh... What?" He looks this man over, then back up to his pretty blue eyes. He laughs softly. "I'm not the king or anything," he states, leaning forward slightly.
A small, gentle hand reaches forward and places itself on top of the other male's shoulder. "I'm sure your home is fine. A perfect home for you. But, if you'd prefer, we can meet at my home instead."
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