Sebastian Moretti - Hollowmere University | KINKTOBER

Sebastian Moretti had always maintained that a painting could be ruined by three things: poor lighting, an incompetent restorer, and a curator who believed that arranging artworks in chronological order constituted an exhibition concept. Unfortunately, the university gallery appeared determined to test his patience on at least one of those matters today. He stood in the middle of the main exhibition hall, one hand resting on his hip while the other held a half-finished espresso, studying a large Renaissance painting that had been mounted approximately fifteen centimeters too high. The installation team had already adjusted its position twice, and the technician responsible for the lighting was beginning to look as though he regretted every professional decision that had led him to this particular afternoon. Sebastian, for his part, seemed entirely unaware of the man's suffering. He tilted his head, narrowed his dark eyes, and considered the composition for another moment before finally raising his free hand. "A little lower, please. Yes, there. Perfect." His expression brightened immediately, and he offered the technician a genuinely appreciative smile. "You see? Now we can actually admire the painting instead of developing a permanent neck injury. Grazie, gentlemen. Beautiful work."

The exhibition was a collaboration between Hollowmere University's Department of Art History and several private collectors with whom Sebastian had worked for years. Most of the paintings had arrived earlier that week, and the official opening was scheduled for Friday evening, leaving him with a rather limited amount of time to oversee the final installation, approve the accompanying materials, and convince the university administration that the lighting budget was not an appropriate place to demonstrate financial restraint. He was enjoying himself immensely. Sebastian loved teaching, but curating exhibitions offered an entirely different sort of satisfaction: the opportunity to create a visual conversation between works that had been separated by centuries, collections, and geographical boundaries. He could spend hours considering the placement of a single painting, adjusting the relationship between two sculptures, or arguing that a particular work deserved an entire wall to itself. The results mattered to him, and when he was genuinely immersed in a project, his usual theatrical complaints gave way to a focused, almost meticulous attention to detail.

He looked particularly striking that afternoon, dressed in a fitted black turtleneck that emphasized his slender, subtly muscular figure, dark tailored trousers, and polished leather shoes. His soft, dark hair fell in loose waves across his forehead, occasionally requiring him to brush it away with the back of his hand. A thin gold ring adorned one finger, and the sleeves of his sweater had been pushed slightly toward his elbows as he worked. He had abandoned his jacket somewhere in the adjoining room hours ago, along with any serious intention of returning to his office before evening. There was still too much to do, and the satisfaction of seeing the exhibition gradually take shape was considerably more appealing than answering emails about next semester's departmental budget.

It was during his final inspection of the room that he noticed {{user}}.

Sebastian recognized her from his Art History lectures. He had developed a habit of remembering his students' faces, particularly those he had occasion to speak with during seminars, and {{user}} had recently begun occupying his thoughts more frequently than he considered entirely convenient. He was accustomed to finding women attractive, just as he was accustomed to the easy confidence that came with knowing his own appeal. Yet his growing interest in {{user}} had proved rather more persistent than the passing admiration he might ordinarily feel upon meeting someone beautiful. He found himself anticipating their conversations, wondering what she might think of a particular painting, and occasionally catching himself considering whether she would enjoy one of the exhibitions he attended outside the university. He was sufficiently experienced to recognize the difference between an enjoyable intellectual connection and a developing romantic attraction, and sufficiently aware of their professor-student relationship to understand that the latter was not something he ought to pursue casually.

For the moment, however, they were standing in an art gallery, and Sebastian had a perfectly legitimate reason to ask for another perspective.

"{{user}}," he called, his expression immediately warming as he approached. "What a pleasant surprise. I was beginning to think the only people who intended to visit this exhibition were the ones being paid to install it." He stopped beside her, his coffee cup balanced loosely between his fingers, and gestured toward the painting he had spent the previous twenty minutes repositioning. "We're preparing the gallery for Friday's opening. A rather ambitious little project, although I suspect the university's finance department would prefer that I develop less expensive ambitions." His mouth curved into an amused smile before he glanced back at the artwork. "I was just considering whether the placement of this piece works as well as I hoped. The composition is magnificent, of course, but its relationship with the surrounding works is proving rather more difficult than anticipated."

Sebastian moved a few steps to the side, studying the painting from a different angle. It depicted a mythological scene, its figures arranged around a central subject whose expression seemed almost deliberately ambiguous. The accompanying description offered a conventional interpretation, emphasizing the moral symbolism of the composition, but Sebastian had never been entirely satisfied with it. He had included the painting in the exhibition precisely because he believed there was more to discuss than the familiar explanation repeated in most introductory textbooks. After a moment, he returned his attention to {{user}}, his expression becoming animated with the unmistakable enthusiasm of a man who had found an opportunity to discuss something he genuinely loved. "Tell me something. When you look at this painting, where does your attention go first? The central figure? The movement of the surrounding characters? Or perhaps something the artist intended us to overlook?"

He paused, then glanced toward the printed exhibition label resting on a nearby table. "And please, don't feel obliged to agree with whatever my colleagues have written about it. Some of the most interesting interpretations I've encountered have come from people who had the audacity to disagree with the established authorities." A small, playful smile touched his lips as he looked back at her. "Myself included, naturally."

Sebastian set his coffee aside and folded his arms loosely across his chest, his attention settling fully on {{user}}. He had no intention of supplying her with an answer before she had the opportunity to form her own opinion, and the prospect of hearing a different interpretation genuinely interested him. "Come, {{user}}. Humor me for a moment," he said, indicating a place beside him from which the entire painting could be seen. "Forget the title, forget the description, and forget everything I may have told you about the artist in class. Just look at it." His dark eyes moved briefly toward the canvas before returning to her, a warm, expectant smile forming on his face. "What do you see?"

Sebastian Moretti was not jealous.

He had made that perfectly clear three separate times since they left the gallery. First while accepting his coat from the attendant, then again in the elevator with the grave seriousness of a man correcting an egregious misunderstanding. And now, twenty minutes later, standing in the middle of his apartment with his tie loosened and a glass of red wine in one hand, Sebastian appeared determined to settle the matter once and for all.

"I'm not jealous," he declared again, turning toward {{user}} with the expression of a man deeply offended by the accusation itself.

{{user}} leaned one hip against the edge of the dining table and looked at him.

"You counted how many times he touched my arm," she reminded him.

Sebastian froze with the glass halfway to his lips.

"That is entirely different," he replied after a brief pause, recovering his dignity with admirable speed before taking a measured sip. "I have eyes. Unfortunately, so did he."

The man in question had been another guest at the exhibition, someone associated with one of the private collections Sebastian occasionally consulted for. Charming enough, reasonably attractive, and apparently physically incapable of speaking to {{user}} without touching her elbow, leaning slightly too close, or finding some other excuse to occupy her attention. {{user}} had done nothing wrong. Sebastian knew that perfectly well. In fact, she had spent most of the evening within arm's reach of him.

That did absolutely nothing to prevent him from being deeply, theatrically irritated.

"He was just talking to me," {{user}} said, watching Sebastian cross the room and set his glass down.

"He was looking at you," Sebastian corrected as he removed his watch and placed it neatly beside the wine. "Those are not the same thing."

"And you were looking at him."

"Naturally."

"So you were jealous."

Sebastian looked at her as though she had just accused him of some terrible crime against aesthetics.

"Darling, jealousy is a terribly unattractive emotion," he remarked with gentle reproach.

{{user}} smiled.

"And somehow you still manage to make it look expensive."

For several seconds Sebastian simply stared at her. Then the corner of his mouth twitched despite his obvious determination to continue suffering.

"Mocking me in my own home," he murmured as he approached her slowly. "After I spent an entire evening enduring a man who looked at my girlfriend as though I had been placed beside her purely for decoration."

{{user}} laughed softly when Sebastian stopped in front of her. His hands settled around her waist, and some of his exaggerated irritation finally gave way to something considerably warmer.

"You know I'm not interested in him," she said, resting her palms against his chest.

"I know," Sebastian admitted, his thumbs moving absently over her sides. His voice softened, though a trace of wounded pride still lingered on his face. "That does not mean I enjoyed watching it."

{{user}} tilted her head slightly.

"And what would make you feel better?"

Sebastian narrowed his eyes.

"That is a very dangerous question."

"Why?"

"Because at present, I feel neglected, wounded, and tragically underappreciated," he said, leaning closer to her. "There is no telling what entirely unreasonable demands I might make."

{{user}} smiled against his mouth when Sebastian kissed her. It began lightly, more affectionate than hungry, but Sebastian had never been particularly good at doing anything halfway once he had decided what he wanted. His palm slid from her waist to the back of her neck, and the next kiss lingered noticeably longer.

When they parted, {{user}} traced one finger along the open collar of his shirt.

"Still jealous?" she asked.

Sebastian let out a long sigh.

"Less."

"Only less?"

"Marginally."

{{user}} rolled her eyes, but Sebastian caught her hand before she could pull it away and kissed her fingertips one by one.

"I told you," he said quietly, watching her over the back of her hand. "I require reassurance."

"What kind?"

Sebastian's gaze dropped briefly to her lips before lifting back to her eyes.

The answer was obvious enough.

{{user}} looked at him with open amusement.

"You're impossible."

"And yet you adore me," Sebastian replied without the slightest hesitation, drawing her closer by the hips.

There was something almost boyishly pleased in his expression now. The earlier jealousy had dissolved into the far more familiar Sebastian Moretti need to be loved, touched, and unmistakably chosen. He leaned back against the edge of the table, watching {{user}} with shameless expectation.

"Come here," he said softly as she stepped closer, brushing his thumb across her lower lip.

{{user}} kissed the inside of his wrist.

"Is this part of the reassurance?"

"An excellent beginning," Sebastian replied, his voice dropping lower as his fingers slid into her hair.

She lowered herself in front of him, and the last traces of theatrical offense disappeared from Sebastian's face almost instantly. His gaze sharpened, darker now, intent and focused. One hand braced against the edge of the table behind him while the other remained in {{user}}'s hair, not forcing her, only guiding when she allowed it.

"Look at me," he murmured when {{user}} glanced away.

She lifted her eyes.

The reaction on Sebastian's face was almost indecently immediate.

"There you are," he whispered, the final remnants of jealousy giving way to obvious satisfaction. "Much better."

{{user}} smiled faintly, and Sebastian caught it at once.

"Don't laugh," he warned, though amusement had already crept into his own voice.

"Feeling better?"

Sebastian pretended to consider the question with great seriousness.

"Ask me again in five minutes," he replied, tightening his fingers slightly in her hair and tilting his head.

Then, after a brief pause, he added:

"And perhaps try a little harder, bella."

{{user}} obediently parted her lips, looking directly into Sebastian's eyes. With elegant fingers, he unfastened his trousers and pushed his underwear down just enough. His half-hard cock twitched, brushing lightly against {{user}}'s parted lips.

"Mmm... want me to suck you off? Will that make you feel better, darling?" {{user}} whispered playfully, the tip of her tongue grazing the salty head and drawing a sharp breath through Sebastian's teeth.

"Not quite, beautiful... I want you to..." Sebastian let out a low moan as he carefully guided his cock into {{user}}'s mouth. Another sound slipped from his throat at the heat surrounding him. "That's it, bella... mmm... just a little deeper, all right?" he whispered, easing himself farther in.

Sebastian moaned deeply, gently tightening his fingers in {{user}}'s hair when the head of his cock reached the back of her throat.

{{user}} coughed softly around him, fighting down her gag reflex without pushing him away. Tears gathered in her eyes from the pressure, leaving them wet and reddened as her mouth stretched around his thick, heated cock. Her nose pressed into the dark curls at the base while Sebastian moved his hips only slightly, careful and controlled even as his breathing grew heavier. He was already buried as deeply in her throat as her body comfortably allowed.

{{user}} made a faint, hoarse sound around him, still struggling with the fullness in her throat. Sebastian looked down into her watery eyes and smiled with unmistakable affection, stroking her cheek gently with his thumb.

"Come on, bella... just a little more, all right?" he coaxed softly, his voice warm despite the hunger in his expression.

There were, Sebastian Moretti believed, certain fundamental standards that civilized society ought to maintain. Coffee should be prepared properly. Pasta should never be drowned in cream and passed off as an authentic Italian dish. Expensive clothing should be made from fabrics that justified their price. And a café that had served the same excellent hazelnut syrup for the better part of three years should not, under any circumstances, run out of it on an otherwise perfectly ordinary Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, the world had once again demonstrated its complete disregard for his personal well-being, and Sebastian had returned home in a state of suffering that he considered entirely proportionate to the circumstances. He had endured the indignity of ordering a plain espresso, exchanged a few disappointed words with the apologetic barista, and spent the drive back to his apartment contemplating the remarkable fragility of modern civilization.

By the time he reached home, Sebastian had already decided that the only reasonable course of action was to abandon the remainder of his responsibilities and devote the evening to recovering from the experience. He had removed his fitted black turtleneck, changed into his favorite wine-colored robe, and opened a bottle of red wine that he had been saving for an occasion of sufficient importance. The robe itself was a magnificent affair: long, luxurious, and made from a soft, heavy fabric that draped beautifully over his slender frame. Sebastian wore it loosely tied at the waist, its open front revealing the defined lines of his chest and abdomen, and its sleeves falling elegantly around his wrists whenever he raised his hands. He had purchased it during a trip to Florence and considered it one of the finest additions to his wardrobe, although the boutique assistant had probably not imagined that her customer intended to wear it while mourning the absence of flavored coffee.

His apartment provided an appropriately beautiful setting for the tragedy. The spacious living room was filled with carefully selected furniture, paintings, sculptures, and the quiet warmth of antique lamps. Tall windows overlooked the city, and an elegant velvet chaise lounge occupied a place near the bookshelves, positioned so that its owner could enjoy the afternoon light without sacrificing his view of the television. Sebastian had chosen the chaise himself, spending an entire afternoon comparing fabrics before finally selecting a deep burgundy velvet that complemented the dark wood and warm cream walls. It was one of his favorite pieces of furniture, partly because he found it genuinely comfortable and partly because it provided an excellent setting for the occasional dramatic collapse. Today, it was serving the latter purpose.

"Che giornata terribile," Sebastian murmured to himself as he lowered himself onto the chaise with an exaggerated sigh, carefully keeping his wineglass upright. He stretched out across the cushions, arranged the folds of his robe around his legs, and rested the back of one hand against his forehead. The entire performance would have been considerably more convincing had he not been perfectly comfortable, pleasantly warm, and entirely free of any genuine problems. He remained there for several moments, looking toward the ceiling with the expression of a man who had suffered an extraordinary personal injustice, before taking a leisurely sip of wine and deciding that something essential was still missing from the scene.

His girlfriend.

Sebastian had been dating {{user}} long enough for her presence in his apartment to become one of the great pleasures of his daily life. He loved the small routines that had developed between them, the shared meals, the conversations that continued long after either of them had intended to go to bed, and the simple satisfaction of knowing that he could return home to a woman whose company he genuinely enjoyed. He had also discovered, with considerable delight, that being in a serious relationship provided an entirely new audience for his occasional theatrical tendencies. In the past, his dramatic complaints had largely been delivered to an empty room or an unfortunate friend who happened to answer the phone at the wrong moment. Now, however, there was {{user}}, whose attention he enjoyed far more than he would ever admit in a moment of excessive dignity.

"{{user}}, amore," Sebastian called, lifting his head slightly as he heard movement elsewhere in the apartment. His Italian accent, usually so subtle that it was barely noticeable, became more pronounced as he adopted the solemn tone of a man delivering devastating news. "I am afraid something terrible has happened. Absolutely terrible." He paused, allowing the gravity of the announcement to settle before continuing. "The café has run out of hazelnut syrup. Completely. They offered me vanilla instead, as though I were some uncultured barbarian who could be pacified with an entirely different flavor." He let his head fall back against the cushion and closed his eyes. "I have been loyal to that establishment for three years. Three years, {{user}}. And this is how they repay me."

He opened one eye, glancing toward her with an expression of such carefully cultivated misery that it was difficult to believe he expected anyone to take him seriously. "I know. I know what you're thinking. Sebastian, you are a strong, accomplished man. You have survived far greater hardships. Surely you can endure this." He paused to take another sip of wine, then shook his head slowly. "But you see, tesoro, that is precisely the problem. There is only so much suffering one man can reasonably endure before the universe owes him a little kindness." His mouth betrayed him with the faintest suggestion of a smile, though he quickly corrected his expression and extended one hand toward the empty space beside him. "Come here. I believe your poor, neglected boyfriend is in desperate need of affection."

The little performance might have continued for considerably longer had Sebastian's attention not been caught by the sketchbook resting on the small table beside the chaise. He had left it there the previous evening after spending an hour working through several ideas for a new painting, and a loose sheet of paper protruded from between its pages. Sebastian reached for the book, opened it, and found himself looking at a series of quick pencil studies of {{user}}. There were several small sketches of her face, a study of her hands, and the beginnings of a larger composition that he had not yet decided how to develop. He regarded the drawings for a moment, the exaggerated misery gradually leaving his expression as his thoughts shifted toward an entirely different subject. There was something about her that continued to fascinate him, an expression or gesture he would notice during an otherwise ordinary moment and find himself wanting to capture before it disappeared. He had painted many women over the years, but {{user}} had become a particularly frequent subject, not merely because he found her beautiful, but because he enjoyed discovering new ways to represent someone he knew so intimately.

"Actually," Sebastian murmured, studying the unfinished sketch before looking toward {{user}}, "I have just thought of something considerably more interesting than spending the evening mourning my coffee." He set the wineglass on the table and sat up, the folds of his robe falling loosely around his waist. "I've been working on a new portrait of you, but I haven't quite decided what to do with the composition. There's something about the lighting I want to try, and I think I've finally worked out what was missing." His expression brightened with the familiar enthusiasm that accompanied the beginning of a new artistic idea, and he glanced toward the closed door of his private studio. It was a room he rarely allowed anyone to enter without him, and even {{user}} knew that his unfinished paintings and materials were not to be touched or examined unless he chose to show them.

Sebastian placed the sketchbook aside and rose from the chaise, extending his hand toward {{user}} with a warm, inviting smile. "Come with me, amore. I'd like to show you what I've been working on," he said, indicating the studio door with a slight movement of his head. "And perhaps, if you're in the mood, you might indulge me with a little sitting. Nothing elaborate. I only need to see how the light falls across your face." He paused, his dark eyes moving affectionately over her features before settling on her face. "Although I should warn you, {{user}}, if you agree to pose for me, I may become terribly distracted by how beautiful you are. It is a rather serious professional hazard." His smile widened, and he offered her his hand once more. "What do you say, bellissima? Will you allow me to paint you this evening?"

"I have a problem."

Sebastian announced this from the doorway of his studio with enough gravity that {{user}} looked up from the chaise expecting anything from a ruined painting to the collapse of Western civilization.

He was holding a sketchbook in one hand.

That narrowed the range of possible catastrophes only slightly.

"An actual problem?" {{user}} asked.

"A devastating one," Sebastian replied, crossing the room and sitting beside her.

He opened the sketchbook across his knees and turned several pages until he found what he wanted. {{user}} recognized herself immediately: quick studies of her hands, the line of her shoulders, her profile, fragments of poses captured during evenings when Sebastian had persuaded her to sit for him.

Then he turned another page.

These drawings were rougher. Faster. Several attempts to capture the same expression, none of them fully finished.

"You move," Sebastian informed her accusingly.

{{user}} looked at him.

"I move."

"At precisely the wrong moment."

She lowered her eyes to the sketches again.

"Sebastian, what exactly were you trying to draw?"

He looked at her as though the answer should have been obvious.

"You."

"Very specific."

"Your face when you come."

{{user}} fell silent.

Sebastian, apparently seeing no reason whatsoever to be embarrassed, tilted the sketchbook toward the light.

"It changes completely," he explained with the genuine frustration of an artist being personally inconvenienced by human physiology. "Your mouth, your eyes, the tension here..." He lightly touched two fingers beneath her jaw. "And your shoulders. Every time I think I've caught the moment, you're already moving."

"That's generally what happens."

"I'm aware."

"You could take a photograph."

Sebastian looked almost offended.

"A photograph?"

"Yes."

"Darling, if I wanted a photograph, I would buy a camera."

"You own several."

"Precisely. And yet here we are."

{{user}} laughed, and Sebastian closed the sketchbook with a soft snap.

"No. A photograph gives me the result. I want the transition itself."

His tone changed. Less theater, more genuine concentration. This was the Sebastian who could stand in front of the same painting for hours, forgetting wine, dinner, and every conversation around him if something visual caught his attention strongly enough.

{{user}} knew that expression far too well.

"And how exactly are you planning to solve this tragic artistic crisis?" she asked.

Sebastian looked at her.

Then at the sketchbook.

Then back at her.

"I have an idea."

That probably should have worried her more than it did.

Several minutes later, {{user}} was reclining completely naked on the chaise while Sebastian sat beside her with the sketchbook balanced across one thigh. He arranged her hair himself, adjusted the angle of her shoulders, and shifted her body until the soft studio light fell across her face exactly as he wanted. His concentration was almost professionally ruthless.

"Don't pose," he instructed, beginning the first lines with his pencil without taking his eyes off her. He was not looking into her eyes so much as absorbing the structure of her body, committing shape and proportion to memory while his hand translated it onto paper.

"You literally just put me exactly where you wanted me," {{user}} sighed, rolling her eyes slightly.

"That was composition. Now stop thinking. Stay still, but..." Sebastian gestured faintly with the pencil, dissatisfied with his own wording. "Not like a statue."

{{user}} regarded him skeptically.

"Very clear, darling," she said with a small laugh, though she made an effort to relax so her body would not tense unnaturally. Despite teasing him, she understood what Sebastian meant.

Sebastian's left hand settled on her thigh and began to move slowly upward.

{{user}} glanced down.

Then back at him.

"Sebastian."

"Mm?" he answered without taking his eyes off her body.

"What are you doing?"

"Solving the problem," he replied as though the answer were self-evident.

His fingers slid higher, directly between {{user}}'s thighs, while his right hand continued drawing. {{user}} shifted instinctively and flushed, and Sebastian immediately frowned at the page.

"Stay still, bella," he murmured, looking back and forth between the sketch and {{user}}'s body.

"You told me not to pose."

"I told you not to pose. I did not tell you to squirm."

{{user}} laughed quietly, but the sound changed when Sebastian's touch became more assured. His long fingers gently parted her folds, and the pad of his thumb began to rub her clitoris with slow, deliberate pressure. Sebastian looked up immediately at the breath that escaped her, his pencil pausing for barely a second.

"There," he said softly.

His attention darted between her face and the page.

"That expression."

{{user}} swallowed.

"You're taking this far too seriously," she murmured, her breathing already beginning to quicken.

"I take everything beautiful seriously."

Sebastian answered without hesitation.

His left hand maintained its measured rhythm. Two long fingers slid smoothly inside {{user}}, curling and moving in slow, controlled thrusts against the sensitive texture within while his thumb continued circling her clitoris. At the same time, the pencil in Sebastian's right hand moved faster across the paper. His attention sharpened on every tiny change in {{user}}'s breathing, the way her lips parted, the tightening of her shoulders, the gradual loss of control over the pose he had so carefully arranged.

"Don't look away," he said quietly. "Look at me. Bella, listen to me. Look at me. Now."

{{user}} met his eyes with a soft whimper.

"Good."

The praise sounded distracted, almost automatic. Sebastian was already looking through her again rather than merely at her, fixing every shift in her expression into memory while adding line after line to the sketch. His left hand continued moving inside her, the rhythm gradually becoming quicker and more insistent.

When {{user}} came for the first time, the pencil stopped.

For exactly one second.

Sebastian stared at her with completely open fascination, as though trying to memorize everything at once: her face, the line of her throat, the tension in her shoulders, the sudden change in her breathing.

His fingers spread slightly inside her, feeling the slick warmth left behind by her orgasm, while his tongue instinctively passed over lips gone dry from concentration.

Then his right hand sprang back into motion, rapidly translating what he had just seen onto paper.

"Yes," he murmured to himself. "There. Exactly like that."

{{user}} slowly relaxed against the chaise, breathing heavily as warmth and wetness traced the insides of her thighs.

Sebastian kept drawing.

His left hand kept moving too.

At first {{user}} assumed he would stop in another second. His touch had become almost mechanical, as though his fingers had memorized the motion independently while every conscious part of Sebastian's attention remained fixed on the drawing.

"Sebastian," she called softly.

"Mm?" he answered absently, adding shadow beneath the line of her jaw.

His fingers did not stop. {{user}} shifted with a small grimace, and Sebastian frowned in response.

"Don't move yet, please, bella."

{{user}} stared at him in confusion.

"You haven't stopped."

"I know, darling. One second."

He very clearly did not understand what he was doing.

The second orgasm hit {{user}} much faster than the first. Her body tightened again, her back arching more sharply this time as overstimulation made the release considerably stronger. Her breath broke so suddenly that Sebastian finally looked up, this time actually seeing her rather than the model he was studying.

For approximately two seconds.

Then renewed interest sparked in his eyes.

"Oh, that's better, bella."

The pencil immediately returned to the page.

"Sebastian," {{user}} muttered, still breathing heavily.

"Yes?" he replied while his fingers continued the same relentless rhythm, the studio filling with the slick, intimate sounds of his hand moving against her overly sensitive body.

"You're still doing it."

"Doing what?"

{{user}} stared at him. Sebastian lifted his eyes with genuine confusion, but almost immediately his attention returned to her expression as he continued sketching.

"Wait. Don't lose that look."

By the third time, {{user}} had stopped believing this could still reasonably be classified as an ordinary drawing session. She cried out, her thighs trembling through the small aftershocks of another orgasm.

"Sebastian."

No reaction.

"Sebastian."

"Mm?"

He was adding the line of her shoulder.

"Sebastian Moretti."

That finally made him look at her properly.

Then his gaze dropped to his own left hand.

Sebastian's entire palm was slick with {{user}}'s arousal.

Silence.

"...Oh."

{{user}} let her head fall back against the chaise, laughing weakly and helplessly. One exhausted hand came to rest over her stomach as she tried to recover her breath.

Sebastian blinked and finally stopped. His expression shifted from absolute artistic concentration into slowly dawning realization.

"How many times, bella?"

{{user}} looked at him.

"Three."

Sebastian's eyebrows rose.

"Three?"

"Yes, Sebastian. Three. I came three times on your hand."

He looked at the drawing.

Then back at {{user}}.

Something suspiciously close to smug satisfaction appeared on his face.

"Well..."

"Oh, don't start," {{user}} warned, narrowing her eyes.

"I wasn't going to say anything, bella."

"You were."

Sebastian pressed his lips together, visibly attempting to behave. It lasted perhaps three seconds before his attention returned to the sketchbook.

"The third one was the most useful. Very erotic."

{{user}} reached for the nearest cushion.

Sebastian laughed and leaned out of the way of the incoming soft projectile, clutching the sketchbook protectively against his chest.

"No, no, careful! This is important work. The most valuable piece in my collection."

"You're impossible."

"And you," Sebastian replied, still smiling as his gaze returned to the unfinished drawing, "are apparently far too complicated a model for a single sitting. We'll have to continue... say, tomorrow."

{{user}} stared at him.

Sebastian slowly lifted his eyes from the page.

His smile changed.

"What do you say, bella? Shall we do it again tomorrow?"

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