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Amnesia au

part 87

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Étiennewatched Edward set up another tray of appetizers on the kitchen table; henoticed the nervous twitch in his hands – the way he played with his apron andbit on his lower lip; Edward was all smiles when he noticed Étienne looking athim, but Étienne was by now well versed in “Edward” to know when his boyfriendwas nervous – Étienne was having some of his artist friends over for theirmonthly “jazz and paint” night and as always, Edward had opted to make themfood, which was his clever way of staying clear of the living room under alegitimate ruse, since he “didn’t feel adequate” or whatever bullshit Edwardkept saying, but Étienne was tired of seeing his boyfriend going through thesame circus act time and again and he had decided that tonight was when he wasbreaking the cycle; Étienne rose from the couch and walked over to Edward, tookthe tray away and put it on the table, before capturing both of his lover’shands in his own, “Eddy, can you do me a favour?” He asked and he already knew Edward would say yes, especially when he was as keyedup as he was, but he played his cards carefully even when Edwardlooked up at him, asking what it was, “Paint with me tonight?”

Edward frowned and Étienne saw the excuses forming, ready tospill forth, how the baked brie would need to be taken out after the homemade pierogies and that the salmon needed to stay in the refrigerator for alittle longer before being thinly sliced, “Please?” He added and Edward chewed on his lip and looked away fromÉtienne’s insisting eyes, “It’s not that I don’t want to…” Edward startedwith the same platitude he always did, “But the food needs to be set up andready,” He tried and even he knew it was weak, especially when he spared aglance at Étienne and saw the brief flash of pointed annoyance in his greeneyes, “You realise you don’t have to go through all this trouble for us, yes? Imean, we used to order pizza and eat McCain Deep and Delicious before you tookover, and we’re quite fine with going back to that, if it means you can actuallyenjoy the evening,” Edward sighed and slumped lightly against Étienne – he knewhis boyfriend was right, but it didn’t mean it made participating any lessdaunting, “It’s just painting and jazz, Ed,” Étienne murmured, as if readinghis mind, “My friends adore you – they think you’re super cool – I think you’resuper cool,” He added, pressing a kiss to Edward’s cheek.

Edwardflushed, partially at the compliment, partially at the kiss and tried to laughit off, “They think I’m cool ‘cause I keep feeding them,” Étienne frownedagain, “Okay, fine, maybe not just because I feed them,” He rectified, “Butyour friends are all real artists ordesigners – I’m no one, I don’t want to waste expensive materials, or make youlook bad, or –” Étienne cut him off by placing both hands on his cheeks andturning his face to look at him, “Hush, none of that now; first of all, even ifwe’re “real artists” or whatever, that’s bullshit, because last week Janel camewith her girlfriend who’s into accounting and she painted stick figures allnight long on a canvas and had a blast, second of all, you are not no one andnever say that again, because you are someone and someone who is important tome, third of all, please, we mostly use dollar store materials and honestly,even if you wanted to use my good supplies I’d let you, because I have a lot,so really, that’s not a problem, and lastly, you can never make me look bad,Edward Murphy, so get those silly ideas out of that pretty head of yours,” Étiennepassed a hand through Edward’s hair and caressed his cheek for a moment, asEdward leant closer, “I’m not embarrassed by you and I don’t care if you paintlines on the canvas, or whatever else you end up doing; I just want to spendthe evening with you and my friends, so please? Don’t hide in the kitchen?Please? For me?” Edward was pulled into the sincerity of Étienne’s green eyes andhis heart skipped a beat at the sight – he couldn’t say no – never could say noto Étienne and he sighed as Étienne gave a pleased little smile, knowing he hadwon, “Alright, alright, I’ll paint, but I swear, if it’s ugly, it’s all on you,Maisonneuve,” Étienne let out a gleeful, little, triumphant laugh and rewardedEdward with a deep kiss.

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Part I, II,  III,  IV,   V,  VI,  VII, VIII, IX, X, XI,XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII,XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV,XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX,XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX,XL,XLI,  XLII, XLIII, XLIV, XLV, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII, XLIX, L, LI, LII, LIII, LIV,LV, LVI, LVII, LVIII, LIX, LX, LXI, LXII, LXIII, LXIV, LXV, LXVI,LXVII, LXVIII, LXIX, LXX, LXXI, LXXII, LXXIII, LXXIV, LXXV, LXXVI,LXXVII, LXXVIII, LXXIX,LXXX, LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIII, LXXXIV, LXXXV, LXXXVI, LXXXVII, LXXXVIII

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