Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

  1. Tags
    Summary

    It is here, at this quiet, cavernous second, that Pond sees the man.

    A long cloak, heavy, with thick white fur lining the hood and the hem, wrapped around a tall figure at the bottom of the stairs, stands with its back to Pond. As soon as Pond’s feet touch the first-floor landing, the figure tenses and snaps around. A man, unmistakably. But not because Pond can make out any features: it’s simply what he’s been expecting to see ever since he came here, what he’s been told he’ll see. A young man around his age, the lord of the castle.

    Their eyes meet, perhaps (Pond is struck by the momentary awkwardness of propriety—surely he should be greeting the master of the house instead of standing mute here), and then the man turns and strides briskly across the hall, and disappears into the grey morning outside.

    Pond has started following before he becomes aware of it.

    Or,

    Pond has been sent to, among other things, paint a portrait for an influential client.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,801
    Chapters:
    1/?
    Comments:
    3
    Kudos:
    12
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    93