pragnanz: (5.)
claude aubert. ([personal profile] pragnanz) wrote in [community profile] sweethymns 2018-09-21 02:30 am (UTC)

[ Claude Aubert, they say, has a heart of stone. He's carved from marble, congenial in a way that only affects the surface of his smooth exterior; when he smiles, the emotion begins and ends at the curve of his lips. A learned behavior, passed down from another hand— if anyone asks about the state of his personal distance with everyone and anyone, he'd refer them to his better, more exuberant half-sibling for lessons in affection.

"I'm your doctor," is his excuse. "It wouldn't do for me to be distressed should my assistance ever prove to be insufficient."

(the thinly-veiled implication that he deals in life or death is enough of a turn-off to most.)

What most people don't know, however, is that stone can warm over. With enough patience and firepower, even marble yields and fissures; it flakes, revealing the uneven underbelly, the hidden patterning.

Claude Aubert never stood a chance against Iona Oakes, who bleeds and burns as brightly as the sun.

So he's here, after a month fraught with ill-advised infighting. Some of his favorite arrondissements are in tatters, caught in the crossfire of territorial bickering ending in mass injuries and inconvenience; his phone's been ringing nonstop for balms and salves and splints, but he's taken the afternoon off.

Is it unprofessional of him to take a break for a personal visit? Probably, but he's beyond caring.

Polished shoes tap on reinforced roofing, and Claude shows up exactly on time. Not a minute or second out of place, even if his mussed hair and slightly crooked tie speak to the fact that he did, in fact, speedwalk his way on over.
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Oh, I don't doubt that I will.

[ He heard that, Iona. Oh, ye of little faith.

He smiles, anyway.
]

No need to look so glum. You've seen worse, haven't you?

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