[She forgot, in her excited rambling, that Steve Rogers is an artist. A fairly good one, at that. Some of his work hangs in the Smithsonian exhibit chronicling his life, and now Grace is embarrassed she ever brought it up.]
“Oh, God, uh – yeah, I do. I try to keep up with it, but I’ve gotten really rusty in the last year or so. Went through kind of an expressive slump, with everything that happened. But I still draw between sessions, or at the park down the road sometimes.”
[Suddenly realizing why he’s looking around, a lump rises in Grace’s throat. He actually wants to see? Uncertain hands open a desk drawer and pull out a sketchbook, placing it anxiously on the surface. Inside are most of her drawings from the last year – which should say enough, since she used to buy a new book every month, but now hasn’t had the energy to fill its pages – sad little doodles of women waiting for coffee, yawning into their hands and tentacles slipping between ringed fingers. Fat men with tusks and walrus tails. Babies on the playground being circled overhead by vultures. Creepy, Grace.]
“They’re not very good anymore. There is, like, one actual portrait in the back. It’s my guy, Mason. It’s from an older book, but I like to keep him close, so I transferred it over.”
[Steve thumbs through the book, eyes widening. Grace has talent-- real talent. Her art is full of Lovecraftian images, things bordering on paranormal. It was so different than styles he was used to seeing that a broad grin bloomed over his face.]
“These are great! Your style is so different, I love the way you combine realism with surrealism. Do you ever display or sell your work?”
[He’s honestly interested, and he’s extremely impressed. He can’t believe she’s never been noticed as an artist before. His fingers trace her lines, following the curve of a tail and the bend of an elbow, flipping further through the book. The portrait of her fiancee makes his smile soften-- the way she draws him makes it clear how much she loves him.]
“Really, I’m seriously impressed.”
prguitarman
germansingergirl
areudirty
s-u-f-j-a-n-s-t-e-v-e-n-s
romaincrisis
dailybridgerton
gamechangershow
