Dorian Gray (
capture_eternity) wrote2014-07-23 02:40 pm
OOM -- for Jack Benjamin
Dorian's room is of late, late Victorian opulence bordering on Art Nouveau, and encompass in its small space a little bit of everything that a gentleman of leisure might keep in his home.
The walls are papered in deep jewel-toned hues and covered with paintings -- portraits from all times of history, but no landscapes or still lives -- there is a small writing desk, a book-case filled with books bound in linen, silk, or leather, two chaise-longues arranged around a small table that, at this moment, only holds a potted orchid but has enough room for drinks, even a small repast, and a rococo bed in the corner, head and foot curved gently as if to encompass those that will rest, or play, upon it. There is a fire in the fireplace, a view of the greenhouse behind the rich, purple drapes on the window, and chandeliers to light the room.
Dorian holds the door open for Jack with his free hand, and bows. "Welcome to my home away from home."
The walls are papered in deep jewel-toned hues and covered with paintings -- portraits from all times of history, but no landscapes or still lives -- there is a small writing desk, a book-case filled with books bound in linen, silk, or leather, two chaise-longues arranged around a small table that, at this moment, only holds a potted orchid but has enough room for drinks, even a small repast, and a rococo bed in the corner, head and foot curved gently as if to encompass those that will rest, or play, upon it. There is a fire in the fireplace, a view of the greenhouse behind the rich, purple drapes on the window, and chandeliers to light the room.
Dorian holds the door open for Jack with his free hand, and bows. "Welcome to my home away from home."

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He gestures towards the chaise-longues and puts down the glasses and his book on the table.
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"I may have to follow your example, then," says Jack as he sprawls on a chaise. "Put together all the things I like in one room."
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Jack starts to toss off an answer, the says, "Simple. Elegant without being fussy.forthright."
He gives Dorian a rueful smile. "Or that could just be the person I want in it."
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"And who would that be?"
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Jack reaches for a glass. "No one real."
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"How about you read a little of that book to me?" Jack says, with a look like he knows he's deflecting and will,probably continue to do so.
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Jack leans back his head and closes his eyes to listen. He finds more pleasure in the reader's voice than the prose he's reading, but he's not going to complain about content.
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Jack's body relaxes as Dorian reads, though there's something in the way he holds his hands that says he is listening intently.
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"You get the idea," he says.
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"I like it," Jack murmurs, his eyes open just enough to look at Dorian through his lashes. "Or I like your voice. Bit of both."
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"No, no," says. Jack, sitting up a little. "Quite the opposite."
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"Your world's like mine that way."
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