CLIENT. ( @huxyou. )
A break from routine, now and then, is nice. With finals freshly out of the way, he has a little more flexibility in his schedule to make time for new engagements --- when the work piles on, he has a tendency to only entertain regulars. In that way, this guy should consider himself lucky; Ben’s not exactly the least popular escort on the site. It’s not vanity if it’s backed up by the numbers.
At least the guy had the good sense to arrange for their first engagement to start off at a nice restaurant. Ben doesn’t have any patience for penny pinchers; he’s here to get paid, like anyone else doing a job, and this line of work comes with a few to-be expected perks. Nice dinners are one of those perks. He, in turn, goes through the effort of dressing up; nothing extravagant, but then, it doesn’t have to be --- he’s perfectly eye-catching even when he’s just bumming around his apartment. A crisp suit, dark curls pulled back and up, a few stray ringlets escaping to fall charmingly around his face, the barest tint of color on his lips. Makeup -- nothing heavy; the goal is to accentuate the features he already knows most clients find attractive about him, not to cover anything.
He arrives two minutes early, so that by the time he is finished speaking with the front of house and being walked to the table they’re to share, he is perfectly on time. Ben slips into his chair with practiced ease, and an equally practiced smile.
“I hope I didn’t keep you waiting.”
