Jean frowned at the little phone as she closed herself into the bathroom. Charger. Not charger. A thing, then, that came with a phone. Did he have one of those? Were there other bits that had come with the phone?
Right. Yes. The cord that had come with the thing.
He looked behind his nightstand, and found it still plugged in beside his lamp. He reached back to pull it out, and stuck it into the phone, leaving it on the table. To think they made such a fuss over the phones being wireless when they still needed so many horrible little cords. Might as well just leave them hooked up, really. Except that the whole thing still tasted wretched, and he'd rather not have to keep it out.
He found himself some underwear, sliding off his robe and hanging it back up in the closet. He settled, for now, for basic black trousers and a white button-down. A good foundation to build on. An undershirt, first, skipping suspenders because a belt was always useful to have on hand. He tucked in his shirt, and found a black waistcoat embroidered in a gold brocade. It might be a bit much for a bookseller, but it would match his houseguest well enough. He found a black jacket with gold buttons and trim, hunting down a golden pocket square. Shiny black loafers would do just fine.
Oh, but she was upset. Pomegranate lemonade without enough sugar, poor thing. She was just so goddamn easy. They'd get that fixed soon enough, if he could keep working on her. Shore her up a bit until she didn't burst into tears at a stiff breeze, or waking up naked on a man's chest before he played dress-up with her.
It was much too nice a dress to be throwing fits over.
He put his hair up loose with a gold comb, and emerged from his closet in time to catch her coming out of his bathroom. "Ah!" He clapped his hands together. "Lovely, let me see." He came closer with long steps, snatching the shirt out of her hands and tossing it over his shoulder to take her in. "You really are built for it," he admired, hands floating above her arms and never touching her, running an inch away from her skin instead. "Better with a necklace and a bit of makeup, I should thinkāand without this." He flicked at the scarf, but didn't rip it off of her. "I will find you a better one," he decided, herding her toward the other full-length mirror he kept in the bedroom before digging through one of his dressers. He found something gauzy and black, run through with real gold thread.
"Here," he said, coming up behind her so he could admire her in the mirror. "If you insist, then we must do this properly, oui?" He pulled the old scarf away, and gently draped the new one carefully over her hair and her ears. He looped it loose around her neck, arranging it into a cowl evocative of glamour rather than shame. He somehow managed to secure it without ever touching her skin, and when he was done his hands hovered near her shoulders. "There," he said. "Better, yes?"
What a pretty matched set they made.
Right. Yes. The cord that had come with the thing.
He looked behind his nightstand, and found it still plugged in beside his lamp. He reached back to pull it out, and stuck it into the phone, leaving it on the table. To think they made such a fuss over the phones being wireless when they still needed so many horrible little cords. Might as well just leave them hooked up, really. Except that the whole thing still tasted wretched, and he'd rather not have to keep it out.
He found himself some underwear, sliding off his robe and hanging it back up in the closet. He settled, for now, for basic black trousers and a white button-down. A good foundation to build on. An undershirt, first, skipping suspenders because a belt was always useful to have on hand. He tucked in his shirt, and found a black waistcoat embroidered in a gold brocade. It might be a bit much for a bookseller, but it would match his houseguest well enough. He found a black jacket with gold buttons and trim, hunting down a golden pocket square. Shiny black loafers would do just fine.
Oh, but she was upset. Pomegranate lemonade without enough sugar, poor thing. She was just so goddamn easy. They'd get that fixed soon enough, if he could keep working on her. Shore her up a bit until she didn't burst into tears at a stiff breeze, or waking up naked on a man's chest before he played dress-up with her.
It was much too nice a dress to be throwing fits over.
He put his hair up loose with a gold comb, and emerged from his closet in time to catch her coming out of his bathroom. "Ah!" He clapped his hands together. "Lovely, let me see." He came closer with long steps, snatching the shirt out of her hands and tossing it over his shoulder to take her in. "You really are built for it," he admired, hands floating above her arms and never touching her, running an inch away from her skin instead. "Better with a necklace and a bit of makeup, I should thinkāand without this." He flicked at the scarf, but didn't rip it off of her. "I will find you a better one," he decided, herding her toward the other full-length mirror he kept in the bedroom before digging through one of his dressers. He found something gauzy and black, run through with real gold thread.
"Here," he said, coming up behind her so he could admire her in the mirror. "If you insist, then we must do this properly, oui?" He pulled the old scarf away, and gently draped the new one carefully over her hair and her ears. He looped it loose around her neck, arranging it into a cowl evocative of glamour rather than shame. He somehow managed to secure it without ever touching her skin, and when he was done his hands hovered near her shoulders. "There," he said. "Better, yes?"
What a pretty matched set they made.
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