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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 4:05:30 GMT -5
"We will snuggle in public?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 14, 2010 4:32:02 GMT -5
"Yes, we can. Before we go, though, there's something I wanted to show you-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 4:35:28 GMT -5
"Oh?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 14, 2010 4:39:53 GMT -5
"Let me go get it-"
He left long enough to return from the library carrying a couple of magazines.
"Here," he said, passing them to Adrien. "Not everything in that drawer is damned depressing..."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 4:42:35 GMT -5
Adrien blinked, let go of him, shuffled away and put his eyeglasses on, then came back to sit down and look at the magazines. They weren't new - he glanced at the dates - so he supposed they had interviews with Adrian in them? But interviews with Adrian, if not depressing, were often not exactly exciting, either. He looked through them cautiously for a moment.
.....
....then, "ADRIAN!! OH MY GOD THESE ARE DIRTY!!"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 14, 2010 4:49:19 GMT -5
Adrian looked rather satisfied.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 4:50:41 GMT -5
...so did Adrien.
"I won't miss you so much when you're at work anymore, will I?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 14, 2010 4:54:45 GMT -5
There was a small pause before Adrian began to laugh.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 4:57:32 GMT -5
Adrien's expression relaxed somewhat and he adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, looking through the other magazine, which was more tastefully shot and therefore actually somewhat sexier. It was ostensibly about health - so Adrien surmised - and included several shots of Adrian's recommended exercises... complete both with Adrian doing them and adjusting the body of a nubile young model into the proper position.
"....all right," said Adrien, staring at the page, "you're going to teach me a few things in the gym today after we get back from city-viewing."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 14, 2010 5:01:06 GMT -5
Adrian sat down beside him.
"Well?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 5:01:55 GMT -5
"Well, what?"
He carefully tucked those aside.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 14, 2010 5:04:22 GMT -5
"Are you satisfied?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 5:06:35 GMT -5
"Just fine," he said, trying to give him a reassuring smile.
In truth, he had looked oddly thin and haggard the last few days, reserved in a way that was unusual on Adrien. Last night's many revelations had only factored into this new look, emphasizing it. The glasses perfected it. While slightly distressing to anyone who knew him, it at least made him appear older.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 14, 2010 16:30:48 GMT -5
Adrian touched under Adrien's chin in concern.
"...you changed."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 14, 2010 22:15:55 GMT -5
"I - what?" he faltered.
Suddenly he was afraid he'd managed to morph into a stranger to Adrian, something Adrian wasn't attracted to anymore, and it showed.
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