Scott glanced back at him. “What do you think frilly means?”
Thomas shrugged.
“Any…colour?” The woman’s breathing came harder and faster, and she started to sway, her gaze never leaving Thomas.
Scott turned to Thomas. “Maybe you want to wait outside?”
“No. And blue. Preferably the same shade as his eyes.”
“Blue isn’t sexy. Black or red,” Scott answered.
Thomas scoffed. “Red won’t suit you.”
“Everything suits me.”
The shop assistant reached into her pocket and tugged out her inhaler. She took two puffs, then held her breath.
“Erm…” Scott bit his lip. “Are you okay?”
“Phobia…snakes…”
Thomas raised an eyebrow. “Maybe I can cure you?”
Scott smirked. “No chance. You’ve probably just undone years of therapy.”
“Actually, can you point us in the direction of the corsets? I’d love to tighten one around him until he can’t breathe.”
“That’s what constrictors do,” Scott said.
Thomas nodded. “They do. Well done, Scott.” He patted Scott on the head. “When we get home, I’ll let you go on the swing as a reward.”
“It’d better not be a sex swing.”
The assistant held her inhaler like she was about to take another puff.
“I’ll tell you what,” Scott said. “Me and my friend here –”
“We’re not friends.”
“Me and the random snake guy I found on the street,” Scott amended, “are going to browse. I see there’s a changing room over there, perfect.”
He dragged Thomas away from the counter. “I don’t know what the charge will be if your face literally scares someone to death, but let’s not risk finding out.”
Thomas turned his back on Scott and started rummaging around the bras.
“I still think black is better, it’s…sexier,” Scott said.
“You are soft, and subtle, not sexy.”
“Fucking ouch, Thomas!”
Thomas shook his head. “What you do on camera, what you do to yourself, what others want to do to you, that is sexy, but you yourself are not. We need blue to match your eyes. If you wore black, it would be like putting the wrong font on a book cover.”
“Oh, you bastard.” Scott narrowed his eyes. “Don’t use my book comparison against me.”
“If the font fits…”
“That doesn’t even make any sense!”
