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He's looking. Respectfully.

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Jean Louis Scherrer: Spring/Summer (1988)

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@caeca-iustitia asked: It had been a while since Vincent had seen or even visited Vaux. Time had simply gotten away from them and they had been rather busy handling various things that had gotten in the way of checking up on the tailor. So, they set aside some time to visit one chilly day. They turned up rather abruptly and observed Vaux for a while simply out of habit- their eyes scanning the other as they checked on his wellbeing. After ensuring he was well, albeit busy, they entered the shop with their arrival signalled by the ever-memorable chiming of the bell. Immediately, they could see he was in a poor mood and was visibly disheartened by something. They didn't dare imagine what but they couldn't stand to see his expression being so glum. In a few strides, they're across the shop and gently tugging the shorter into a comforting hug. Resting their chin upon his head, they hum softly as they squeeze him carefully. "Hello," they murmur softly, "What has you so upset..?"

One thing had lead to another, one busy time leading to more of the same, project after project and commission after commission - Vaux had scarce gotten a comfortable break in the last who-knows how long, but it was simply the way things had gone, how his life had twisted and settled. He ought not complain, he'd worked for that very position in life after all, and it did bring him a great many ife comforts. But sometimes, just sometimes, he wondered if he had made the right decision.

That day had been no different. Appointments after appointments had lead from one another, bitter comments given unto him from customers and visitors alike regarding his person or something similar having ground beneath his skin and festered quietly. Eventually, come midday, Vaux has had enough, wants to head home and hide from everything - he's exhausted, stressed, hungry for that matter and he's uncertain if he can keep a hold on the false personality he offers to every person who enters.

Hes stood in the archway betwixt the main floor of the store and the designing and fitting space behind when he raises his gaze upward and spies a tall, familiar figure pacing swiftly towards him. A deep breath, the swelling of emotion within his throat and Vaux manouvers himself just in time to hide the two behind the archway and away from the prying eyes of customers ere he is embraced.

Perfectly silent for the moment, Vaux simply eases into the arms of beloved company and exhales a shuddered breath. Shoulders were yet tense, stresses high within every atom of his being, but no longer did he feel so overwhelmed: not when he could hide there, comforted.

"Oh, naught more than the same old thing, darling-" He uttered, attempting to keep a hold of his composure despite feeling so atrocious. After only several more heartbeats, however, Vaux cannot hold back his tears and they begin to near silently stain his cheeks - glad, albeit subconsciously, that no customer could see. "Some folk can be unnecessarily harsh and entitled just because of their position."

Some days it washed off the tailor like water off a ducks back, and other days it sank beneath his skin and into the marrow of his bones where it festered with self hatred and disbelief. It just so happened that the day at hand had turned into the latter.

"I've missed you so very much - - " He whispers, feeling the weight of his shoulders slacken. "I've been worried sick about you - - disappearing on me like that." His teary gaze raises upward, fixed Vincent with as much of a pointed stare as he could possibly manage given his current upset state, but it soon softens. He doesn't have the energy to be even remotely mad, but he is evidently very relieved that no harm has come to company during their apparent interval in meeting or seeing.

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send me "be honest..." with a question your muse has been dying to ask mine and they'll answer truthfully.

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Gentle Care

Taking care of them...

"Hey, it's okay. Show me?"

"What did they do to you?"

"Don't cry - I've got you."

"That's okay - get it all out."

"Deep breath, I have you."

"Sh, sh, I'm going to patch you up."

"I've got a bandage for you."

"This is going to sting, but we have to clean this."

"Oh - okay - we're hugging about this, okay."

"It'll all feel better in the morning."

"I can't believe someone would do this to you..."

"I'm going to protect you."

"Get some rest. I'm not going anywhere."

"You're safe now."

"I'm just going to wipe your face."

"When's the last time you cried like this?"

"There's nothing wrong with you, I promise."

"One day, you'll be okay. For now? It's okay to hurt."

"You want a hug?"

"I've got a blanket for you."

"Nice and cosy..."

"It's okay if you fall asleep."

"Just get some rest. You need it."

"Hey, I made you food."

"I know it's easy to forget to eat when you feel like this."

"You don't need to feel guilty."

"It wasn't your fault."

"Do you want a hot chocolate?"

"There's nothing better than a toasted marshmallow."

"Just hold onto me. There we go."

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Burn Out

"Hold me."

"I just want to feel safe."

"I'm sick of being afraid."

"I wish I wasn't tired all the time."

"I want to be okay."

"I want to be better."

"Everything is so... tiring."

"I'm exhausted all the time."

"I wish I could make it all make sense."

"I'm going to go lay down."

"I want to finish it! I'm staring at it!"

"My brain just doesn't seem to work any more!"

"God, I'm so stupid, why did I ever think I could do this?"

"I... I'm sorry, I know, I'm late -"

"I can't sleep or I can't stop sleeping, there's no in between."

"I don't want to do it any more!"

"No, I didn't go to work."

"No, I didn't go to school."

"I'm just... gonna take a self care day, okay?"

"All the hot baths and candles in the world won't fix this."

"You need to get real rest."

"It's not like I can fix it. I have to go back to work."

"There's no way out, is there? This is forever."

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Details of Taylor Swift’s pink Speak Now gown.

This crystal embellished gown was custom made by Zuhair Murad. It took over 350 hours of atelier handwork to complete.

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Sent some extra Christmas asks out. I can't remember who I have and haven't sent asks to so if you received two, no you didn't shh

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He's feeling romantic, might send some asks.

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Well, he supposed simplicity was nice sometimes, even Vaux had to agree to that. He wasn't a coffee kind of guy, preferred herbal or floral teas to keep himself awake during long nights sewing - caffeine and he never did truly get along. But a hot chocolate? It was a comfort he had from time to time that bought a smile to his face, so why not share such an indulgence?

"Boring old man does have a good chime to it though, and a good portion of comfort. Sometimes, things are too busy or too much - - simplicity is... relaxing." He orders their drinks and waits to one side until they are ready, lithe smile 'pon features. "Life gets too overwhelming... a walk in the park and a hot drink sounds blissful." Sometimes, he does wonder if he made the right decision in life to get to where he was - sure, there were a great many of positive points but he barely had any time to himself, to relax... everything had a cost, he supposed, but it didn't bring much comfort.

He hands his company his drink as soon as it arrives, with a bright smile, and an idle shrug follows behind;

"Maybe I just haven't figured out the right balance yet."

"Then I'll try that. I trust your taste, darling." Shivan said simply, hazel eyes barely reading anything as he glanced over the drinks that were listed. "Usually? I've very boring. A coffee with a splash of cream, a little sugar. Maybe a snack, depending on if I've eaten." He admitted.

Shivan glanced over at Vaux with a hum. "I usually head through the park, on my way back from work in the morning. When I take the long way or it's a good pay day, I come here. Told you- boring old man." He joked.

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| Basil Soda Couture

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Grinning.

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@hautevaux from this post. don't let him fool you ok he likes it

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ANONYMOUS ASKED : VAUX. Did you put Sephiroth in an almost entirely TRANSPARENT SHIRT?! MENTION: @sephaeroth

"I did." He utters, and rather proudly too. "--it's hardly showing that much more skin than his usual, darling - - Besides, I thought it was rather alluring: showing breaks of skin between patterns."

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Sometimes idk why I do these collages bc I have no fashion sense lol

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@poeticphoenix || LIKED for an OUTFIT

"-- here you go, darling. Now, get yourself changed - - we're going to be late."