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sunburned ([personal profile] sunburned) wrote2012-08-18 12:06 am
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It's been raining on and off all day and, finally, Granby gives up on trying to be productive. He abandons his sketchbook and sprawls on his bed instead, wounded arm pillowed under his head, hand resting on his belly. He dozes, idly and, somewhat inevitably, he thinks about Will. It's a pleasant enough way to spend an afternoon, even if he does feel worn tight in every muscle, like something waiting to explore.

The rain is almost enough to make him homesick.
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-18 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Laurence had been out, to the compound and back in search of something to read. In the end, having to chose between it and more Chinese poetry, he wound up returning with a volume of Shakespeare. Granby was apparently asleep by the time he returned and Laurence sat on the porch instead, not wanting to wake him. It was quite pleasant, rain falling outside, a book to read, a piece of fruit to eat, and for a while Laurence was fairly content. Until he happened to notice Granby's sketchbook lying open.

At first, he had only meant to close it quickly to stop any stray drops of rain from damaging it, but as soon as it was in his hands he could not stop himself from turning first one page and then another. Before he knew it Laurence could not have stopped looking even if he wanted to.
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-18 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Laurence looked up with a start, his cheeks already beginning to redden, feeling rather like a young boy caught in the act of doing something extremely naughty. He had been so engrossed in the book, that the other man's movements behind him went completely unnoticed. He had known that on occasion Granby drew him, but he had not thought much of it, thinking himself no more important than any other bit of Granby's surroundings that he might choose to draw. Never had he thought he might feature so... prominently.

"Granby, I--" But he had no real excuse.
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-18 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course. The contents of this are your private affair," Laurence said, shutting the book quickly. The whole while he looked very decidedly at Granby and not at the book he still held in his hands. "I should not have looked."
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-18 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"You should not be apologizing for your skill. It is far more than I could ever attempt." He put the book down at last, laying it on a chair between him and Granby. "You should not be embarrassed either, no matter the cause."
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-18 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," Laurence said and he meant it. The time since that evening had been an agony of confusion for him. He could only imagine what it had been like for Granby, but, judging from the subject of his sketches, his mind had been rather preoccupied as well. "No doubt, you are being far more patient than I deserve."
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-18 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," he repeated, not knowing what else he could say. He knew what Granby would doubtless have wanted to hear, that he had made up his mind and that the waiting could end, but Laurence was honestly beginning to fear that such a moment might never arrive. Each time his mind seemingly arrived at a verdict, something new would happen to swing it in the opposite direction and Laurence was stuck right back where he was in the beginning. "I wish this could be easier."
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-19 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Laurence looked down with a small sigh, feeling very tired. He had been over thinking things and it showed. "It being a simple thing at heart is perhaps what worries me most."
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-19 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have spent my whole life believing that some things are-- Well, that they are wrong." Laurence ran an uncertain hand through his hair. As terrible as it was, he nearly had to force himself to look Granby in the eye as he spoke. But things needed to be said. "And to suddenly find myself drawn towards that when I never before thought I might be... so inclined." He sighed, words trailing off for a moment.

"To have something you were once so certain off be proven false is a worrying thing, Granby."
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-19 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know." Laurence looked down at the hand on his knee, such a benign gesture, but still capable of making something within him flip alarmingly. "But I am not you. I have never simply... let myself act so freely."
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-19 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do not know if I can. I never truly have." He shook his head, trying to portray a firmness he did not entirely feel. It may have been a byproduct of his background, it may have been some quirk of his own manner, but, no matter the cause, he did not like discussing such intimacies. "It is not simply because of you." And all that being with Granby entailed.
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-19 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am sorry, Granby. I do not know that I can," he repeated, a blush already creeping over his face at the mere thought of what was being suggested. And in the middle of the afternoon too.
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-19 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Laurence, however, does not and cannot forget that fact and, despite a moment of giving in to it, he pulls back nearly immediately, looking around with a burning face. Almost anyone could have seen and he would not have stood for that no matter who his partner was.
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[personal profile] geniusofdisaster 2012-08-19 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, you might try showing a bit of restraint in public," Laurence answered sternly. He was on his feet as well, looking (regrettably) up at Granby, the color in his face now due to annoyance more than embarrassment.
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