It remains as true now as it has each and every time that Felix has previously levied him with a stare or glare, the vast range between this look and the most iced and venomous. Really, this one's almost toasty in comparison to the worst of them, and the worst of them hadn't phased Claude, either. After all, this, too, keeps true: if looks could kill, he'd have rotted years before his grandfather had announced a surprise heir.
So he smiles in response, beatific in his immunity, watching as Felix actually takes up the violin. Though it only delays the inevitable, it's true that he's far more eager to hear Felix play than to make his own poor performance. Claude may be difficult, if not impossible, to embarrass, but if he works at something, he likes to have something to show for it.
If Felix wants him to insist badly to set this stage, Claude will oblige. Little as he, too, intends to share this with any other. ]
That's me, horribly insistent. I'm a very demanding and entitled kind of Duke, you know?
[ His grin sprawls, lazy and not remotely assertive, and when he raises his hand in a fist, it's more playful than adamant. ]
If not a very critical one. I hadn't been planning on critique, but I guess I'd better brace myself for your unforgiving tongue...
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;)It remains as true now as it has each and every time that Felix has previously levied him with a stare or glare, the vast range between this look and the most iced and venomous. Really, this one's almost toasty in comparison to the worst of them, and the worst of them hadn't phased Claude, either. After all, this, too, keeps true: if looks could kill, he'd have rotted years before his grandfather had announced a surprise heir.
So he smiles in response, beatific in his immunity, watching as Felix actually takes up the violin. Though it only delays the inevitable, it's true that he's far more eager to hear Felix play than to make his own poor performance. Claude may be difficult, if not impossible, to embarrass, but if he works at something, he likes to have something to show for it.
If Felix wants him to insist badly to set this stage, Claude will oblige. Little as he, too, intends to share this with any other. ]
That's me, horribly insistent. I'm a very demanding and entitled kind of Duke, you know?
[ His grin sprawls, lazy and not remotely assertive, and when he raises his hand in a fist, it's more playful than adamant. ]
If not a very critical one. I hadn't been planning on critique, but I guess I'd better brace myself for your unforgiving tongue...