HIS FORBIDDEN MASTERPIECE
I didn’t know I wanted it until I had it, and now that I do, the thought of not having it feels like something closer to panic than I’m willing to examine.
“You’re staring again,” Lucas says, not looking up from his sketchbook.
“I’m allowed to stare. You’re in my apartment.” I replied while still maining my pose, this time his painting me…naked yeah he somehow convinced me to sit for a nude portrait.
“Mm. Very generous of you.” He glances up, and something in his face easy, unguarded, mine, in whatever quiet way he’ll let himself be makes my chest ache in a way I don’t have a name for.