#lionel.

"oh, i know." it had taken some time, but finally shayne had come to his senses, giving his body the appreciation he believed it deserved. "glad we're on the same page. feel free to look a little closer, i don't bite... hard." they always came around. even the ones like shayne, that might pretend to be unfazed by him... had their weak spots. "you wanna go somewhere with better lighting?" the sooner he could get shayne away from the crowd, and into a more private location, the better. "maybe... i'll be feeling generous again. you know, willing to share?" if the suggestion of getting to see more of his body didn't do the trick, dipping into the little baggie in his back pocket most likely would. "what do you say?"

“in need of a break yet?” lionel spared a glance over at brice, fingers momentarily stilling over the clay in front of him. could he have accomplished this sculpture with a photograph, instead of brice needing to be here, posing more than half naked in front of him? sure. but where was the fun in that? “just let me know if you need a moment or two to stretch, okay?” it was a far more accommodating attitude than he usually had with those he sculpted, but, well, he wasn’t fucking them. ...not all of them, anyway. besides, for this whole scheme of his to work, he had to at least pretend to be a nicer person than he actually was, or else he’d get caught before it had a chance to be completed, officially ruining the happy couple. “i’d just hate to stiffen you up.” the sparkle in his eyes and playfulness of his tone proved he knew exactly how he sounded, using words that were chosen carefully, even if they way they were used made it seem unintentional. 

“even if you were the last person on earth, this-” using his fingers, lionel gestured in between the two of them, silently clarifying what he was referring to. “would never happen. got it? get over yourself.” they’d been playing this game for awhile now, a back and forth that typically wound up with him feeling incredibly frustrated - in more ways than he’d like to admit. “newsflash - you’re not anywhere remotely near as desirable as you think you are.”