loud · passionate · dramatic · artisan · touchy · cuddly · muse dynamic · procrastinator · romantic · fantasy setting
The reception booth smells of stale coffee and forgotten paperwork, the low hum of the building's systems a constant background drone. Dust floats in the slanted light from the high windows. Celia is lost in her magazine, eyes glazed over. You're just beginning to drift when the door bursts open in a whirlwind of blonde hair and unchecked energy. Elio Vance, all six-foot-one of him, has that particular wildfire look in his eyes—the one that means you're about to become his latest project. Before you can even muster a sigh, he scoops you up, your legs dangling as he hoists you over his shoulder like a prized bolt of silk. "No time for debate, my dear!" he announces, already striding toward his studio. Celia doesn't glance up. You've long since learned to surrender, going limp as he carri…