She followed him upstairs, a tense sort of hopeful nerves tight in her chest, leaving her no time for fear or anxiety. Anticipation, eagerness. Those were the words.
His upstairs was grander, and his office was, she sincerely hoped, grandest. If it got grander than this, she was going to be even more ill-prepared for it. The room was almost ludicrously fancy, with beautiful ancient wood furniture and the most amazing looking books on the most amazing looking shelves. A beautiful leather chair that made her dream of sitting in it--and other things she quickly pushed out of her mind. There was even a violin in the corner, filling her mind with mental images she absolutely did not need but could not force out, and kind of didn't even want to force out. They were very aesthetically pleasing. They belonged in an idle fantasy, and that sort of fantasy would be much nicer than the ones she normally had about him.
Perhaps more embarrassing, in terms of the genuinity with which they could be enjoyed, but less confusing, in general.
Her eyes fell on the safe late, after he had stepped towards it. It was very tall and very ludicrous and, if she had to guess, probably like, the most secure safe in the entire country. Not because it necessarily looked like the most secure safe, but because it just fit with what she knew thus far.
When he opened it, her eyes damn near popped out of her head. Her heart almost burst from her chest. Her legs felt weak.
Money. So much money. Gold, solid gold fucking bars, coins and jewelry and gems. And... little things, dolls and stuffed animals and a random sort of assortment that didn't at all match the wealth inside.
She managed--with difficulty--to tear her eyes from the contents of the safe to look at the box he had pulled out.
There, sitting on the very top.
Cover a worn, sky blue, worn illustrations of classic story scenes. A man in armor fighting a dragon, a beanstalk, a clever fox. It looked completely the same, every inch as worn and loved as she remembered. Clean, no dust on it, probably because things in safes didn't get dusty. It was as if it had been frozen in time for four years.
She reached out, awed, to run the lightest finger tip over the cover.
"It's the exact same," she murmured, heart thudding with the bittersweet pang of nostalgia. God. She missed it. She had missed it so much, and every time she'd missed it, her heart had burned and bled. She gave it a sad little smile. She had no idea why it was in a safe full of literal treasure, why he had a box of books, most as worn and well-loved looking as hers, in a safe full of gold bars and more cash than she would ever see again in her life.
But that implied it was a comparable treasure.
And she didn't understand how that could be, or why, but it brought a faint little smile to her lips.
At least someone else could see what it was worth.
His upstairs was grander, and his office was, she sincerely hoped, grandest. If it got grander than this, she was going to be even more ill-prepared for it. The room was almost ludicrously fancy, with beautiful ancient wood furniture and the most amazing looking books on the most amazing looking shelves. A beautiful leather chair that made her dream of sitting in it--and other things she quickly pushed out of her mind. There was even a violin in the corner, filling her mind with mental images she absolutely did not need but could not force out, and kind of didn't even want to force out. They were very aesthetically pleasing. They belonged in an idle fantasy, and that sort of fantasy would be much nicer than the ones she normally had about him.
Perhaps more embarrassing, in terms of the genuinity with which they could be enjoyed, but less confusing, in general.
Her eyes fell on the safe late, after he had stepped towards it. It was very tall and very ludicrous and, if she had to guess, probably like, the most secure safe in the entire country. Not because it necessarily looked like the most secure safe, but because it just fit with what she knew thus far.
When he opened it, her eyes damn near popped out of her head. Her heart almost burst from her chest. Her legs felt weak.
Money. So much money. Gold, solid gold fucking bars, coins and jewelry and gems. And... little things, dolls and stuffed animals and a random sort of assortment that didn't at all match the wealth inside.
She managed--with difficulty--to tear her eyes from the contents of the safe to look at the box he had pulled out.
There, sitting on the very top.
Cover a worn, sky blue, worn illustrations of classic story scenes. A man in armor fighting a dragon, a beanstalk, a clever fox. It looked completely the same, every inch as worn and loved as she remembered. Clean, no dust on it, probably because things in safes didn't get dusty. It was as if it had been frozen in time for four years.
She reached out, awed, to run the lightest finger tip over the cover.
"It's the exact same," she murmured, heart thudding with the bittersweet pang of nostalgia. God. She missed it. She had missed it so much, and every time she'd missed it, her heart had burned and bled. She gave it a sad little smile. She had no idea why it was in a safe full of literal treasure, why he had a box of books, most as worn and well-loved looking as hers, in a safe full of gold bars and more cash than she would ever see again in her life.
But that implied it was a comparable treasure.
And she didn't understand how that could be, or why, but it brought a faint little smile to her lips.
At least someone else could see what it was worth.
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