--𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜. The way the music bounced off the walls, their playful melody reverberating off of his old piano, a smile resting on his lips as he let the music guide his next movements. His fingers kissed the final keys and he put his hands on his thighs, turning to face Carson he let out a joy filled sigh. “I dont think I will ever get over it..” he stated with a goofy grin now enveloping his features. “its like youre in my head” he teased, pushing his shoulder into his partners.
“That,” Gem opens with, after staring at the canvas for a beat too long for Carson’s anxiety to appreciate, “is a terrifyingly accurate portrait of us.”
“It’s almost like I’m good at what I do,” Carson answers, waving the paintbrush as if to underscore his point. It’s loaded with a mix that approximates the soft caramel of Gem’s skin; he pauses mid-motion to return to painting. It’s a complicated thing, getting skin right, and Gem’s is only a little more straightforward than his own white, which he’s already nailed.
Still. Her compliment makes him want to burn it a little less, and he swishes the brush in the jar of water he keeps alongside his easel instead of setting fire to the sixth brush this week. “Is this for next week’s collection?”
“The artist and the muse? No thanks, I’m not willing to commit to you as a muse. The world is simply too big for that.” He’s joking, but Gem still swats the back of his head.
“You wish I’d commit to being your muse. No, not the muse thing, the friendship thing. Pandora’s painting her and her sisters’ friends, I believe. If she does what I’m imagining, it’ll complement this nicely, once it’s done.”
Carson would like very much to keep this piece, actually – it’s pretty decent – but the last seventeen he tried to keep, he burned, so maybe Gem has a point. He sighs. “It’ll be done by Friday,” he promises with a sigh, like it’s a big effort to move from his rented studio to the gallery. Like the studio isn’t a side room attached to the gallery itself. “You can have it then.”
Gem claps a hand on his shoulder, grinning, and leans forward to press a sloppy kiss to his cheek. He blushes in spite of himself, and almost doesn’t hear as she says, “You’re the best, Car. I’ll give you your cut once it sells, okay?”
He makes a face at the portrait. “Yeah, yeah, I know the drill,” he muters to Gem, and refocusses on the painting. It’s better that Gem sells it, anyway. At least that way he gets something out of it other than staring at his own bland face alongside Gem’s winning smile.
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“jessa, but can someone let her know just because her mother is with someone below her doesn’t mean she has to too, oh and i guess, mallory, but who doesn’t love a bad bitch”
send a ♡ and i’ll fill this out for our muses ! i’ll bold what i want for their relationship,italic what i could see and strike out what i don’t .
FRIENDS. childhood friends / work friends / family friends / recently friends / turning antagonistic / turning into something romantic / stable / falling apart / friendship of need / friendship of circumstance pen - pals or internet friends / coworkers / partners / other .
ROMANCE. childhood sweethearts / newly entered / soulmates / skinny love / unrequited from my muses side / unrequited from your muses side / friends with benefits / awkward / fading / turning toxic / toxic and destructive / other .
FAMILIAL BOND. sibling bond / older sibling figure to your muse / younger sibling figure to your muse / parental figure to your muse / parental figure to your muse / guardian figure / legal guardian / other .
ENEMIES. dangerous to themselves / dangerous to others / unpredictable / passionate / rivals / petty / developing into a sexual tension / developing into a romantic tension / based off family matters / based of circumstance / based of professional matters / based of misunderstandings or lies / other .
