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"....Even to me."

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"Hello, lover."

I made the mistake with this one to change the lighting half way through the painting which always messes with the values and colors, but oh well. Sometimes a painting doesn't go the way you want to and then you got to let it go. But I still like the overall comp and all that, so you get to see it, haha. Maybe I manage to be a bit clearer in terms of values with that extra painting that I have planned for this scene, because this scene is just too good to only get one.

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Laurent‘s garters

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watercolor comm 🖌 Ravenel 😚

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After the reconciliation when Laurent says to Damen "I'm not letting my uncle hurt you" with all the determination in the world, like he already knew what it would take to keep Damen safe i was like damnn this kid is gonna get himself KILLED of course you fall in love and you become self sacrificial

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#captive prince #laurent #damen #damen x laurent #i'm picturing a mutuals 2 lovers situation

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(Prefacing this with, this is a paint by numbers that I painted, but I did NOT draw the original. However, it looks so much like Laurent that I couldn’t help myself)

"Is this one to your satisfaction?" Damen jumps at Laurent's voice, turning to see his husband leaning casually against the door frame. He smiles at the person who'd painted the portrait as they bow to him. "Or do you wish to commission yet another?"

"None of them truly capture your beauty," Damen huffs, turning back to his scrutiny. It really is a nice picture, showing Laurent more relaxed than he is with most people, but, to Damen, it really doesn't show just how breathtaking his husband is in real life.

"You cannot keep commissioning portraits when you know you will never be happy with them," Laurent teases. Damen hears the door close as the artist leaves, then feels two arms snake around his waist. "Besides, where will we hang them all?"

Damen laughs. "I would build a palace just for them."

"I'm sure the people would love to hear their tax dollars are being put to good use." His voice is dry, but Damen can hear the undertone of laughter and fondness that Laurent reserves just for him. "Would you build me a garden of statues, as well?"

He turns, cupping Laurent's face and leaning down to kiss him. "I would build you an empire, if you wished it so."

Laurent hums. "I think we have a good one already, husband, and I do not need a new palace or portraits or a garden of statues." He leans in to kiss Damen, so sweetly that he feels as though his knees are going to collapse. "All I need is you."

"You will always have me. The world can burn and I will stay by your side until the end."

"So no more portraits?"

Damen laughs, "No more portraits," and pulls Laurent towards the bed.

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Today i got into a book series

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Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings

#prev tags fr #laurent

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i personally would like to watch a golden prince pick wings off flies i for one think that would make it EASIER to love him

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Laurent De Vere from Captive Prince by C. S. Capat

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One of my favourite things about Laurent is how far from frigid and unfeeling he really is. He’s so easily delighted by little things like coin tricks and animals and fancy hats. He tells awkward jokes and likes roleplaying as a cloth merchant and putting flowers in Damen’s hair. And he cares so deeply about his people and his country and will fight like hell to protect them. He’s gonna be the best king Vere has had in a long time

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"Kallias," he chokes, "they are all about you"

Fanart for The Gold Shackled Singer, or the story of Erasmus and Kallias on ao3 by @fragiledewdrop / @ahandfulofsapphires I read in class and just HAD to draw something for. It wouldn't leave me alone.

#my baby angel boy :( #erasmus #this is gorgeous btw

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Laurent from the Captive Prince series ! also i forgot to put the 8 on my @ but whatever hehe

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Capri would have had so much more angst if it had a more normal protagonist. Because most people would be pretty upset that the love of their life wants nothing to do with them and won't admit to liking them unless he's too drunk to remember his own name, but Damen's like "hehe he misses me. He knew my name when we made love 💕"

He gets whipped half to death? "It's not that bad." He gets enslaved in an enemy country? "No biggie I'll just escape."

There's boundless optimism in that man

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