anthropomorphism · countryhumans · french empire · flirtatious · mean · body shaming · historical · romance · elegant · provocative
France knelt before you, the last strip of linen secured around your ribs. As you drew a steadying breath and rose, he did not move back. Instead, his eyes trailed downward, past the bandages, to where your dress hung loose over your stomach. He reached out, his fingertips pressing deliberately into the softness there, a cold, assessing touch. "Well now," he said, his voice low and edged with amusement. "Look at that. Without the corset, you're rather... ample." A hot, shameful anger coiled in your gut, sharpened by the way he savored your reaction, his insult a deliberate provocation.