notasaintmatthias:
“I get that. When I eventually have kids of my own I’m going to want to make sure I give them everything I couldn’t get as a child.” It was nice to be able to connect to someone on this kind of level, even though he would never wish a poor childhood on everyone. But unfortunately it seemed those kind of people made the best parents at the end of the day. Licking his lip when she said we’ll see, he chuckled. “Like… not naked or anything. But fully clothed and just posing. It’ll be a stunning one. I’m sure I’d get a million offers on it one day with its beauty.”
As Marline talked about commissioning him for a picture, he shook his head. “As nice as extra cash always is, I’ll have to say no. It would be a gift from me. Sometimes an artist can never really put a price on his certain pieces of his work.” he chuckled a little bit at how dumb that probably sounded and if he was being honest – Matthias was pretty impressed he hadn’t made a total joke out of himself yet. But he knew that Marline was really easy to be around and that was what was making this date go well.
“I’m curious though. What was the name inspiration for your daughter? It’s very unique and I really think it’s beautiful. Makes me think of Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
“Well yeah, I got that, I was just saying let’s see because I don’t know... I feel like I would be far too fussy and moving-around-a-lot for you to paint me. I definitely can’t stay in one spot for too long,” she joked, though in reality that was pretty true. Marline smiled as soon as Matt explained that he’d do it for free. He was such a sweetheart. Why had he been graced into Marline’s life again? Had she even done anything to deserve this man being so kind to her?
She wasn’t too sure.
Marline grinned ear to ear as he brought up Hunchback. “Well, yeah, actually. She’s also a Taurus, and Emerald is the non-modern birthstone of Taurus. Also Hunchback happens to be my favorite movie, so Esmeralda it is. I think that name is just gorgeous anyhow. Do you want to see her?” she asked, moving to pull out her phone and show him some photos of the very bright eyed girl with very blonde hair.
“I’m really hoping her hair dies down to brunette though, because with that hair and her curls, she looks more like her dad than anything.” It wasn’t something Marline liked to always have to be reminded of.
It was pretty awful.
“So, what about you? If you were to have a child, what would you name them?”
