the face is familiar,Β but familiar doesnβt always mean good.Β like,Β if lucrezia had walked in and seen her mother resting on the stairs,Β stretched out like some perverted version of an exotic rug,Β she might have taken to stepping all over her to get to her room.Β luckily,Β teymourβs face doesnβt invoke anything quite as choleric.Β something more nostalgic,Β sheβll later type up on her typewriter,Β like getting a whiff of something that makes her think of an ordinary,Β particular day that she wouldnβt remember otherwise.
he reminds her of camera flashesΒ (she thinks with an amused quirk of her lips,Β of course he reminds her that)Β and bubbly champagne.Β gossip bouncing off of her hair and landing somewhere in the gossamer fields of silk opera gloves and manhattan high society.Β something,Β something,Β she did it all for a reason,Β something,Β something.
lucrezia always approaches first.Β she comes with an air of nutmeg and sandalwood,Β a mix of vanilla,Β a spritz of amber.Β a la bise kiss.Β no offer of a drink despite already holding a too - shiny glass in one hand.Β no,Β her other hand rests momentarily on his forearm before she pulls away entirely,Β pieces of her,Β of course.Β to give herself is to bare herself,Β which she knows better than to do.Β βoh,Β my love,βΒ she greets,Β with all the comfort of someone far more intimate than she is with himΒ (or anyone,Β it is nobodyβs fault).Β βa familiar face.βΒ lucrezia smiles up at him,Β the same as she has given to everyone else.Β award - winning,Β by the way.Β people give thousands when she smiles at them.Β βhow are you feeling?β