Chess [Opening Move]
Dec. 7th, 2011 01:49 amTeddy feels like something out of a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel. The townhouse is huge and the fireplaces keep it warm, and the kitchen's stocked and there's tea and aperitifs and so many books. The fact that they're entertaining, sort of, is pleasing in a silly domestic way. The fact that Teddy is wearing riding boots, rather fitted black trousers, and an overly romanticized white blouse while they entertain is silly in a pleasing historical way. All in all, it's not a bad time.
He sets down a bottle of cassis and a carafe of water before taking his own seat again.
"So it was like... the big bad wolf?"
He sets down a bottle of cassis and a carafe of water before taking his own seat again.
"So it was like... the big bad wolf?"