more than just the skin
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A score of years of marriage to Bertha Russell had made him a master of reading her every twitch of a facial expression. At his comment he watched her nostrils flare, her lips purse, her eyes dart away. His wife surely would never have entertained this conversation if she hadn’t had two substantial glasses of claret with dinner, but as it was he was inclined to press that good fortune. It would hardly be the first time a bout of her anger had rolled into something more enjoyable for them both.
“I’m asking what my wife might let herself imagine,” he paused to let his meaning be clear, “when alone.”
George and Bertha discuss fantasies. It proves a rather fruitful discussion.
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- Part 1 of more than just the skin
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standing in your flame by cassi0pei4 for hacklesacademy (ladyvivien)
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
08 Aug 2024
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“Only, I would understand if you did.” Bertha bit her lip, suddenly unable to meet his gaze. “I would understand if, for example, sometimes after we had a row, you wished to impress upon me how unreasonable I had been, how ungrateful even.”
His first thought was how utterly absurd the notion was. So absurd he feared for his wife’s sanity. His mind was halfway towards expressing that anxious sentiment, when the alternative hit him, the pieces slotting together.
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- Part 2 of more than just the skin