SHE EDGES CLOSER and he watches, cloud gray eyes on her. he sees that glint of curiosity in her, that spark however discreet and it thrills him -- it’s not the gaze of a man to an animal or to something reprochable, thankfully, and he can appreciate that: he’s had people look at him with those eyes before, he’d RECOGNIZE it.
the artistry of make-up was what took in his attention at first. he had been a boy as young as 17 when the sharp lines of a model’s elaborate make-up caught his eye, an assignment during a high-end event having been his mission. IT DAZZLED his still impressionable mind, and it stuck with him until he was older to develop a taste for beauty more refined, a taste of his own that did not revolve around killings, around death, around power.
for the skillful murderer he is, laqueus has a soft spot for the things easy on the eye -- he won’t overindulge, it won’t be his achilles heel, but when there’s time, when he can indulge into being something HE ENJOYS & NOT ONLY NEEDS, he dabbles on these things some may consider improper for a man. he doesn’t care: killing, too, is improper, and no one has batted so much as an eye in an attempt to extricate him from his handler’s hands.
at her question, however, his mind stops short of that distasteful line of thought and he nods, eyes half-lidded. “YES --- in between missions, whenever i had time and remembered. money hasn’t been an issue since i became a senior agent; this cheap lip gloss has just been what i’ve found, really. it tastes HORRID,” he chuckles, looking down at the sheets.