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Tweak says, "we're gonna need a bigger boat"

Piotr Rasputin (abs_of_steel) wrote in tensor,
@ 2011-02-25 04:39:00

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anna-marie_adler, nsfw, piotr_rasputin

Anna Marie
Piotr was still pretty certain this wasn't the best idea ever. He'd drawn nude pictures before, yes, it was part of getting anatomy down, and he'd taken art classes that even had a live model, but that was in a class. With a model he didn't know, and it was easy to think of just the aesthetics, of just drawing.

This was a bedroom. With one of his closest friends, and no one else in the room. It just seemed - different. And yes, Piotr knew that in all liklihood, once he got started on the drawing, he would be able to focus completely and just think of the art - that was one reason why he drew, it allowed him to clear his mind and think of nothing but getting the images out on paper - but right now, and until then, he was kind of nervous.

And he was refusing to think of after.

He'd bundled his art supplies under his arm, and he knocked with his free hand when he got to Anna's room. "It's me, Anna," he called in.

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 09:37 am UTC (link)

Piotr watched her shift, sketching out a few lines absently with his pencil, a few little practice things to help him get into it.

He blinked at her comment, then laughed. "They're very valid," he told her. "If I had more experience at this, I'd be more adept at giving you suggestions before you had to ask. Where you're looking's just fine, as long as you don't mind looking at me for a bit."

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	_canttouchthis_ 2011-02-26 09:40 am UTC (link)
	"I can try to suffer through it," she sighed, still doing her best to ignore the fact that she was naked. It would have probably worked much better without the literal nagging voices in her head reminding her of it. "How long do you think it will take?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 09:53 am UTC (link)

"I appreciate that," he told her dryly. He waited a few more moments for her to be completely settled, then flipped to the next page in his sketchbook and started.

He'd wondered if his hand would start shaking or something - which had been another reason for the practicing - but if nothing else, muscle memory wouldn't allow it, and his strokes were confident and flowing.

"It shouldn't take too long, since I'll just be doing a sketch," he told her. "Depending on how much detail and shading I end up doing, likely somewhere between twenty and forty minutes. I'm aiming for closer to twenty, but sometimes something just doesn't look right and I get carried away."

He was - actually doing better, now that he was drawing. It was easier to segment it in his mind as just art.

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 10:00 am UTC (link)

Anna shot him a grin in response. Looking at Piotr for extended periods of time wasn't a problem. It was a little bit weird since she was naked, but other than that it wasn't bad at all.

"Ten-four," she replied, reminding herself not to actually nod just before she did it. She went silent for a moment, watching the pencil move. It was strange, knowing that he was drawing her but not having any idea what it looked like. Probably not much. Yet, at least. Lifting her eyes up from the sketchbook, she asked, "So people actually do this for a whole classroom full of students? I couldn't do that. At all."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 10:10 am UTC (link)

Piotr'd definitely been right about the contrast of her hair. Actually seeing it was making him almost itch to draw it, which tended to happen with drawings he got really into. And, fortunately, tended to produce the best results. And, of course, the rest of Anna was incredibly lovely as well.

"I couldn't, either," he agreed. "But yeah, people actually do. Maybe it gets less weird for them the more they do it?"

He continued to sketch silently for a few moments, then, without looking up from the drawing, said, "Thank you, by the way. For volunteering."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 10:14 am UTC (link)

"I don't know. I can't really see it getting much less weird. Though I think it's more a trust kind of thing, for me." Actually being naked wasn't a problem. It was the trusting people to not walk up to you and try to physically move you into another pose or something. Even though literally the only thing she was wearing was that bright red warning band, she wouldn't have even considered it if it was for someone she didn't know and trust.

"I mostly did it to see if you'd come up with excuses to not have to do it," she grinned. "I'm surprised you didn't just keep on tacking more edits up after the first one."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 10:23 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I guess it would be," he said quietly. He considered adding, 'thank you for trusting me, then,' to that, but decided that thanking her once while she was laying naked on her bed was probably enough. Repeated thank yous would possibly end up making him sound like he was just really grateful to see her naked.

He chuckled a bit at that. "I came up with a lot, actually, I just felt really lame using them." And some of them were more like reasons than excuses, and those were even worse.

"I didn't expect it to explode like that," he admitted. "By that time, I'd decided that just going with it all was probably my safest bet."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 10:28 am UTC (link)

"Yeah? Like what?" She was more than happy to judge his lameness as a distraction from the lack of her regular layers. Sort of like how if she kept talking, she was less likely to be aware of it. Or at least she was less likely to seem aware of it, and that mattered more. "That's probably smart. Going with it, I mean. Not the whole not expecting it part. As soon as those two get involved, you should expect. Always."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 10:38 am UTC (link)

"Lame things you'd see through in two seconds," he told her, switching to another pencil to better work on the detail of her hair. "I actually lost my supplies. My roommate got sick. I forgot the way to your room." 'I actually think I wouldn't at all mind seeing you naked, and probably shouldn't draw that,' but he wasn't going to say that one aloud.

"I figured you meant going with it. Not expecting it was definitely not smart, considering the result," he said.

He normally didn't talk much while he was drawing - but then, that might have been because he normally didn't draw when hanging out with people - but having to split his concentration between getting the drawing perfect and talking to her meant there was no room left for him to really think about the whole naked thing.

After he was finished, of course, was probably a whole different story. But that was future Piotr's problem.

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 10:46 am UTC (link)

"Sick roommate is a good multi-purpose excuse," she decided, even though it really wasn't. "I usually add in something about how when she pukes, the whole bathroom lights up and gives me headaches."

"I'm going to assume that you mean the result from them, not the result happening right now." She raised an eyebrow at him, trying to look offended and not laugh and not break the pose, which was becoming more and more difficult as she suddenly became aware of an itch on her nose.

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 10:59 am UTC (link)

He chuckled, resisting the temptation to full out laugh, as laughing made it a bit difficult to control the movement of the pencil. "All right, I came up with one more or less acceptable excuse. I supposed that's a plus," he said. "And the headache-inducing lights are a nice touch."

And once again, he had to resist the urge to laugh. "I'd threaten to draw you with that expression, but I don't really think I want a sketch of you looking all offended at me-" and naked "-in my sketchbook. Of course I meant the result from them."

Piotr switched pencils again. "Actually, the result happening right now is worth it," he said absently, focusing on getting the shadows playing over her just right. "You're very beautiful, I've always liked drawing you."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 11:15 am UTC (link)

"Thank you. I thought so too." She'd only actually used that excuse once, and was pretty sure that it had been completely obvious to the recipient of the excuse that she was lying. Still, for a spur of the moment thing, it hadn't been bad.

She opened her mouth to inform him that if he did have an angry looking picture of her, it might actually be worth more... at least with the kids who were still propagating rumors about her murdering other students. But then she remembered that not only did she not want to talk about it, but she also did not want to suggest handing around a naked picture to the rest of the school, no matter how tasteful the nudity was.

"Thanks," she smiled, blushing ever so slightly because of the whole naked and being complimented thing. Maybe a change of subject was in order. Maybe steering it away from the compliments just a little bit. "So. Is this what you were doing that time I got back to school and you'd magically disappeared?"

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 11:25 am UTC (link)

"It's the truth, but you're still welcome," he told her. And the picture was coming out very well, so far, though he didn't want to jinx it by saying so.

Then he smiled slightly. "A lot of it, yes. Working in my parent's restaurant and working on my art." That's generally what he told everyone who asked what he'd been up to for the year, but Anna being Anna, she got more. "I hadn't actually planned on it, but I also hadn't expected to get invited into the cadet program. I needed some time to figure things out."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 11:32 am UTC (link)

She smiled and scrunched up her nose, more because of the itch than because of what he'd said, and she closed her eyes for a moment to try to focus on something else that wouldn't result in her moving too much that it would ruin his picture. Asking him about his year off would do.

"Yeah... I didn't. They didn't ask me right away, and it kind of... I get why they didn't, but it was what I'd wanted to do." S.H.I.E.L.D., of course, was only doing the responsible thing by not inviting an unstable person to join their ranks, but it hadn't made it any less shitty when eighteen rolled around and she was still sidelined. "You know... family thing and all."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 11:44 am UTC (link)

He noticed when she scrunched up her nose and closed her eyes - he'd pretty much have to, considering how much he was looking at her right then - and asked, "Are you all right?"

Piotr felt a bit guilty at that, because he'd forgotten. He considered apologizing, but "sorry" just seemed kind of lame, and would probably be unwelcome. "Yeah, I guess you'd pretty much have to," he said in response to her family comment. "You never thought of doing anything else, though?" He didn't really know what, but he was curious.

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	_canttouchthis_ 2011-02-26 11:48 am UTC (link)
	"My nose is itchy," she replied, scrunching it up again before admitting, "and this isn't really helping." "I did. Before." She'd never really settled on any one thing, but there had been a few ideas floating around in her head. "But nothing specific. And then this just sort of became the goal." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 11:54 am UTC (link)

He chuckled. "You can scratch it, if you want. I've got your arm down enough that it shouldn't cause a problem." If he'd been wearing gloves, he would have considered offering to scratch it for her, though probably ultimately decided against it. Piotr kind of thought she might not feel comfortable having him so close to her while naked.

Right, naked. That thing he wasn't thinking about. He was going to go back to doing that. Or not doing that, whatever.

"Ah," he said. "I never really had anything specific, either. As far as goal's go, this one does seem the most worthwhile."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 11:58 am UTC (link)

"Thank God," she sighed, reaching to scratch her nose but still mindful of the fact that she probably shouldn't move too much otherwise. "It was taunting me."

"Yeah," she agreed, dropping her arm back to where it had been. "And it's one that usually keeps you busy enough that you don't have a whole lot of time to worry about the hypothetical other goals."

Speaking of time... "How much more do you have to do? No rush or anything, just curious."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-26 12:10 pm UTC (link)

"Doesn't it always seem as though you get itches when you know you probably shouldn't scratch?" he asked teasingly, although it really did.

"That's definitely true," he agreed with a chuckle. Not that he had much worrying to do, considering he'd gotten most of that out of the way before signing up. "I must admit, it's hard to imagine being anywhere else."

Piotr eyed his sketch critically at that. "Not too much longer, I don't think. I'm mostly just getting the details right now. I always get caught up in them, though, so if you want to stop, let me know."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-26 12:33 pm UTC (link)

"Always." Especially when her brother was conducting something official and she had to stand at attention in front of him. For some reason, her body always decided that that was the right time to test her ability to ignore random itches.

"Yeah, I really don't know what I'd be doing if I weren't here. Probably just be a mechanic or something." A poor mechanic, most likely, as she was fairly certain that her mother would cut her off if she decided to do that.

"I'm good to hold it a while longer." She wasn't anywhere near tired, but she rarely lounged around the room completely naked, so the air felt a bit cooler than usual. "It's just chillier than I'm used to."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 07:36 am UTC (link)

"I'd probably be working at my parent's restaurant," he said. It wasn't exactly a bad notion - it'd been more or less what he'd figured he'd end up doing before coming here - but as his father'd said, his powers would do him a lot more good here. Then he chuckled, and joked, "Or a starving artist."

Chilly. Right.

"Sorry," he apologized. "That should have occurred to me." Except it didn't, because that would have required thinking much more into the whole naked thing before they started, and he'd been trying very, very hard not to do that.

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	_canttouchthis_ 2011-02-28 07:44 am UTC (link)
	"They'd let you starve?" She looked at him, smiling. "Wouldn't even toss you the day's leftovers?" "It's okay. I'm just used to so many damn layers is all." She almost shrugged, before remembering that she was supposed to be still. "It probably wouldn't really bother anyone else." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 07:54 am UTC (link)

He laughed, and fortunately had just been reaching for another pencil, and so didn't mess up any detail work with his laughter. "They'd probably box up table scraps for me. Just so I didn't completely starve. Just almost starve. In the process of starving."

Piotr added a few more details, blurring and softening some lines. "Still. I am sorry." His eyes narrowed contemplatively as he looked at the drawing, then up at Anna, and back and forth a few times, cataloging every detail in real life and making sure he'd gotten it down in the drawing.

It wasn't perfect, and there were a few things that were bugging him, but he suspected they were the kinds of things that would always bug him, no matter how long he worked at them.

He swept his eyes over her one last time, examining closely to see if there was anything that jumped out at him as out of place in the drawing. And, all right, just a bit admiring, because she was beautiful, and she'd been lovely to draw. Then he caught himself and flushed slightly, dropping his eyes back to the drawing.

"Sorry," he murmured. "I, um. I think it's done."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 08:03 am UTC (link)

"That's nice of them." At least they wouldn't let him go to waste... though it probably took a fair amount of food to keep someone as big as he was running all day. She could understand them not wanting to save that much food for him.

"I volunteered," she pointed out, glancing toward the door. For a second, she'd thought that she had heard Ali's voice, but it seemed like it was a false alarm. When she looked back at Piotr, he was looking at her, and for some reason, she blushed just a little bit. She'd been doing her best to ignore the whole naked in front of him thing, but with the sudden silence and the fact that he was looking again, it was suddenly not so easy to ignore. He looked down at his drawing a bit abruptly, and mumbled that he thought it was done, and she hesitated before actually moving. "Yeah? So I can move?"

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 08:11 am UTC (link)

"It is," he replied. "Although I think our dog might disagree. He usually gets some of the scraps."

And then he had to be an idiot and stare at her. Or, well, realize he was staring at her. The actual examining bit was something he always did when he drew, and it probably wouldn't have felt awkward if he hadn't suddenly realized that Anna was naked, and he was sitting there admiring her. Or, at least, it would have felt awkward to him, who knew what Anna was thinking.

Yeah, he was just going to. Not look up until she was dressed again. Or maybe ever again.

"You can move," he agreed, trying not to blush more. Way to make it awkward when they'd almost gotten through it with minimal awkwardness, Piotr.