#seraphaics

" my god, bertie. did scotland leaving the commonwealth affect you so badly you got a job here? i can't imagine you can afford the housing cost. "

" whoa — little hohenzollern — " he holds her by the shoulders. " you gotta look where you're walking and keep your eyes away from this. " he taps the screen of her phone twice.

    the huge issue with high society and the corporate world really was its way of making the world seem as small as a single room. networking, they said. adrien played into it well, going around this particular event, showing polite smiles and offering charming words while answering any question about the company as vaguely as possible. at lest this one didn't have many plus ones trying everything in their power to grant a chance at being on the cover of his magazines. it had, however, in one of those little conversational circles formed inside that room, his ex. which was just as headache-inducing, if not worse. but his smile never faltered. maybe it even widened. “ look at you, in your happy place. ” the teasing, the words, the smile, everything but genuine. ― @seraphaics