#hshclaude

❛    you’re standing alone.   ❜   he’s just escaped. every flash from a camera unnerves him tonight.   ❛   mind if i join ?   ❜   /.  @hshclaude​

a bright yellow ball flies past her. karyna looks past her guards to find a small family of three: a man, a woman, and a boy who seems only a little older than marya. the parents look far too apologetic whilst the boy is showing a full smile. she offers to get the ball for them, which lies next to a very long man. she walks up to him cautiously, then as she’s about to excuse herself, her features twist into a sour expression. “ claude? ” if only she could kick him with her foot. looking over the brim of her sunglasses, she makes no effort in hiding her disdain. “ claude. are you out of your mind? what in the world are you doing here? ” @hshclaude​​​

❛   argh.   ❜  he’d managed to smash the last lob, but had paid for it in the low change of direction, the ball had gotten away from him and claude won the point. they slink towards the corner to reach for water.    ❛   i’m glad we did this, i’ve only had schneider for the past year.  ❜   playing squash felt like a more attractive option than visiting claude with a gift basket and sympathetic words he would have struggled to find. his experience with meixu had been painful enough in the beginning.  ❛   how do you find the new building ?  all settled in ?  ❜  / .  @hshclaude​

she has to squint to see who’s standing at the end of the corridor. oh, good. “ petro, come help me with these bags please. ” @hshclaude​​