closed starter for billy rietveld ! ( @augustserotonin )
Lina wondered, on occasion, whether she had something of an aversion to allowing people into her personal space. She rarely invited people over― generally choosing to spend time with her friends out and about or at their own homes and on the occasions she went out and subsequently found herself going home with someone, she always gently suggested they go back to theirs. Her immediate family and very close friends tended to be exceptions to that mental rule and Billy had cemented himself as a safe person to have in her home― which made inviting him over so she could chat shit about photography and spend time with him in general that much easier.
"I'm thinking about trying to find another vintage camera online," she said, fiddling with another of the cameras in her growing collection as she sat cross legged in the middle of her living room floor― Powder curled up in her lap and Leo napping in his bed by the window. She glanced up to meet Billy's eyes a moment before she raised the viewfinder to eye level and snapped a photo of her friend with a broad smile. She turned the camera around to show him the display― a quick photo of him in warm afternoon light that made her smile simply to see it.
"You're unfairly photogenic, did you know that? I mean, seriously, I'm beginning to think it should be some sort of crime!" She was being dramatic and, admittedly, was largely kidding but she imagined she'd have to be blind to look at Billy and not notice that he was rather handsome. "I have some rolls I need to develop, by the by, in case you want more dark room practice," Lina informed him. She'd converted one of the rooms in her apartment into a dark room with her landlord's permission and still considered that to be one of her better decisions. "Up to you, obviously."
