#luxurious sitting room

[viridian-pickle]

#photography #luxury #aesthetic #beautiful #lifestyle #interior design #furniture #design #art #lounge #sitting room #home #house

[chichimodele]

@neitehofficial

#minimalist #room interior #sitting room #bedroom interior design #black girl luxury

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Vanderbilt #Mansion #sitting room #Hyde Park #New York #luxury

[vintagehomecollection]

A Treasury of Great American Houses, 1970

#vintage #vintage interior #1970s #interior design #home decor #sitting room #columns #antique #gilded #furniture #mural #wingback #chaise #French #baroque #American #luxury #style #home #architecture

[sincerelytennessee]

#home #decor #interior design #southern #luxury #photography #sitting room #fall

[lifestyleofluxe]

#lifestyle #luxury #Sitting room of the 2nd floor of Airbnb in Portland MA [3612x5418]

[kadextra]

Yeah q!Forever is so epic. I’ve seen these rooms dozens of times but Q’s excitement to see it for the first time is making me impressed all over again lol

#the image of him as president sitting in such a luxurious room he worked hard on #I enjoy this #qsmp #qsmp forever #qsmp elquackity

[softquietsteadylove]

Gil surprised her with a matching look? She has a white nice dress and he shows up in a white suit? Would be a cool partner look =)

"Madame?"

Thena offered a tight smile as she picked up a glass of champagne off of a passing tray. "Merci."

She hadn't really wanted to come all the way here for this function, but it was insisted upon not only by her French diamond contact, but the entirety of his diamond house family. It was to seal their business, as well as act as a gesture of good will for future deals.

Karun told her she had to go, and Kingo doubled down, even telling her that she should 'lead him on a little more' for the sake of business. She attempted to ignore that.

She was an engaged woman.

She had told Gil she had to attend a meeting in France. But she knew that he was no fan of the monsieur with whom she had conducted business. In all fairness, she supposed she wouldn't be thrilled if he had to conduct business with the Little Heiress again. But she was here for tonight and then she could return home.

"Madame Glasse?"

She smiled as her business associate sat down adjacent to her. At least if she was seated or holding something, he didn't feel the need to kiss her hand. "It's a lovely soiree."

"You seem very," the gentleman looked around the sparkling ballroom, "isolated."

Thena inhaled, looking down at her don perignon. "Forgive me, monsieur, I have never been the life of the party."

"Ah," he offered a smile, adjusting the gold button of his beautiful blue suit. "You accepted my offer, but I think perhaps your heart is not here with us."

Her heart was in a penthouse apartment with a certain Tyrant King, who had probably fallen asleep on the couch in front of the Food Network. She should have just asked him to come with her, risk that he would start a fight be damned.

"Madame, would you grant me the privilege of speaking my mind with you?"

She gave him the faintest expression of surprise before nodding. Perhaps he wasn't as much of a dumb blonde - the irony of which did not escape her - as she had suspected.

"I admit I am quite taken with you," he expressed openly, leaning on the arm of his chair that was closer to her. He did have that sad, puppy-love expression on, too. "Positively enchante, truly."

Thena merely waited for him to go on.

"But as much as you did not tell me," his eyes drifted down, and to her hands, safely folded over her crossed legs. "You do not withhold your heart from me out of modesty, non?"

Thena adjusted her lace around her arms and in the crooks of her elbows. She didn't bother taking her ring off for the night. "Would that affect our business if I told you that you're right?"

He chuckled, although she could already see his disappointment. "But of course not. I am a gentleman, Madame Glasse, and I will honour our business just as you have. And I do have some brain under these looks."

Thena resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She knew it was in good humour, but few men were allowed to get away with cocky humour like that with her. One man in particular.

"I realise I am pursuing a woman who has already made her match," he sighed, leaning back again. His eyes flicked down, "it's a beautiful ring, cheri. They are small, but I can tell the quality of them is impeccable."

Thena smiled. The little diamonds in her ring, creating joints where the bands could meet in their weave, were indeed perfect in every way. "But of course; I am the diamond queen, after all."

"Indeed," her associate agreed, also plucking a glass of champagne for himself. He gave her a smile, "I am grateful that you came. But if you wish to leave, I will not hold it against you."

Oh, how she ached to be at home, in the arms of her Tyrant. But even with a private plane, the journey home was no quick hop across the pond.

"She should stay for a dance, at least."

"Gil!"

"Hey Princess," he greeted gently, despite her insistence that he not call her that in public. He bent over the arm of the chair, capturing her hand smoothly and pulling it up to his lips. "Miss me?"

He was like a knight in shining armour, and while she had never seen him in a white suit before, she didn't dislike it on him. She raised a brow, "new?"

"Like it?" he grinned as he pulled her to her feet, leading her closer to the dance floor. "I had my tailor whip it up just to surprise you."

Thena shook her head at him, her feet moving automatically as he led her until they could sway together, his hands holding hers and at her back. "When did you get here?"

"Not long ago, actually," he made a more sheepish face. "I got on a place a few hours after yours, after I picked up this number."

She smiled, running her hand over the lapel. "Did you want to match me so badly?"

"Well," he smiled as well, his eyes soft and reflecting the chandelier above them. "Can't let my wife show up to a fancy ball unaccompanied, can I?"

She refused to let him know how much she liked it when he called her his wife. "I did, though, didn't I?"

"Okay, so I was a little late," he huffed, rolling his eyes in good nature. He spun her around before pulling her closer, "I wasn't invited."

Thena stole a glance to the edge of the room, where her associate was excusing himself from the room entirely. "Last I checked, he was not in your good graces."

Gil shrugged, and her hand moved with the bounce of his massive shoulder as he did. "Just don't laugh at his jokes, Ice. Then we've got no problem."

She did not believe that. But perhaps she was too intoxicated by the warmth of him and the champagne she'd had. He pulled her nearly flush with him and she resisted the urge to lay her head on his chest.

"Sorry I'm late, baby," he whispered, sneaking a kiss to her temple while they were able to go unobserved. Or at least, unremarked upon, as far as this branch of society was concerned. They weren't exactly law abiding citizens, but this territory of Thena's was more about business than about brutality.

"You're forgiven," she sighed as she let him numb her overstimulated senses, "this time."

"This time?" he chuckled, and his chest bounced against hers from it.

"Just this time," she purred, running her hands over the front of his fine, white suit. "And this?"

Gil didn't even glance down as she tapped at the royal blue pocket square that screamed against the colour of the rest of his outfit. "Maybe a little bit of a challenge to French-y."

"So territorial," she murmured. She had to be careful not to sound like she enjoyed his territorial side; it would only encourage him.

Gilgamesh pulled her hand up his chest until he could kiss her fingertips, tapping against her ring as he did. "I think I have a right to be territorial about my own wife."

"We are not married."

"Yet," he nearly cut her off to insert. He smiled at her, still swaying them loosely to the beat of the band, "not yet. Anytime, any place, Ice."

"Hm," she sighed, the exhaustion of the business and the travel and the whole of the last few weeks weighing on her. She leaned against him heavier and he allowed it, holding her as much as she liked. "Not tonight."

"Fine," he chuckled, kissing her cheek this time. He stayed close, his nose dangerously near 'nuzzling' territory. "Wanna go home?"

"You just got here," she nearly groaned at the thought.

"Okay, so we get a room, spend a little time here before we go back?" he suggested. "We can take a long weekend in Paris, what do you think?"

She did not care what they did, so long as she didn't have to let go of him.

#Ice Queen/Tyrant King AU #a romantic long weekend in Paris! #Thena gets her private flight to France for this business thing #Gil is like okay baby I'll miss you #he gets home and honestly sits down for like five minutes before going #what am I doing I have to get to France!!! #he calls his tailor #the suit is made in record time #he jumps on a private jet he keeps insisting can go faster than this! #the man misses his wife! #he literally lands and goes right to the fancy palace where the ball is being held #he doesn't like the guy it's no secret #but he should have offered to come anyway he knows this #and he does get them a luxury room at the best hotel there is #he gets the honeymoon suite because he thinks it's funny and cute and romantic #Thena rolls her eyes but thinks it's super sweet #they spend all weekend in bed and lazing around #he runs her bubble baths and brings her french pastries and it's basically a honeymoon #before they get married #he means it anywhere any time #he's just waiting for her to be ready for it

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (1-7 Oct 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🙂 Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe (Phil Plait, author & narrator) - The Bad Astronomer paints pictures of what the sky would look like standing on the surface of other planets, asteroids, etc.

😊 Initiation (Sex Wizards #1) (Alethea Faust) - erotic BDSM fantasy - actually a bit more plot & worldbuilding than I was expecting tbh, entertaining

😞 Miss Aldridge Regrets (Canary Club Mystery #1) (Louise Hare, author; Georgina Campbell, narrator) - This isn't a mystery the MC investigates, it's a mystery that happens TO her. She was tediously passive, seeming really rather naïve & foolish (esp given her age and life experience) and entirely in denial about pretty much everything that happens to her (since she's being actively framed for murder). However, the very short interval chapters from the killer's perspective did hook my interest and left me genuinely curious about the mystery. At about 44% I jumped to the end to see how the mystery resolved. I'm counting it as read since I did read over 50% of it.

😍 A Most Agreeable Murder (Julia Seales, author; Fiona Hampton, narrator) - comical pastiche/parody mashup of: Jane Austen (specifically), regency-set/gothic novels (in general) & Agatha Christie/country house mysteries - funny & entertaining, deftly done. Very Nightmare Abbey vibes in the absolute best way. I enjoyed all the caricature characters but 'overlooked tedious (but secretly a [redacted]) sister' Mary was my fave, absolute gothic queen

💖💖 +94K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

I'm dating the least inquisitive man in Ottawa (GlitterCity) - Rachel Reid's Game Changers: Troy Barrett/Harris Drover (but really mostly gen), 4K - cute, really nailed the character voices

Tinder Is the Night (rohkeutta) - MCU: stucky, 6K - hilarious, forever fave [reread]

Stay (fandomfluffandfuck) - MCU: stucky, 31K - silver fox/old guard Dom Steve subbing for newbie Dom Bucky - great character voices, hot af sex!

bitten hand guides best (frankoceansmoonriver) - The Witcher: Geraskier, 33K - lovely little fic with werewolf!Jaskier & witcher Geralt

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Make Some Noise - s2, e1

Dirty Laundry - s3, e2

Only Murders In The Building - s3, e10

Deadloch - s1, e1-8

Our Flag Means Death - s2, e1-3

D20: Burrow's End - "The Red Warren" (s20, e1)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Stoatal Recall" (s15, e1)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Re: Dracula - October 1: Not My Own Master In The Matter

Welcome to Night Vale #235 - Book Club

What Next: TBD - Inside Crypto's House of Cards

Re: Dracula - October 2: Play for the Stake of Human Souls

⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Searching for Squids with Dr. Sarah McAnulty

Ed Zitron's 15 Minutes In Hell - Episode 9 - David Roth

Re: Dracula - October 3: The Holiest Love

Into It - Tech Bros Laid the Foundation, but Women Built Social Media

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Enchanted Woods

Switched on Pop - In Defense of Crunk

Re: Dracula - October 4: It Is Like Death

Vibe Check - Freedom, Cut Me Loose!

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Baobab Fare

⭐ Shedunnit - Agatha and Plum

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Wilhelm Scream Remix

⭐ Song Exploder - Alvvays "Archie, Marry Me"

Re: Dracula - October 5: Baptism of Blood

Today, Explained - Caste away

Re: Dracula - October 6: My Affairs of Earth

Dear Prudence - My Girlfriend Is Always Late! Help!

Endless Thread - Find A Grave: Social Media Icon

Into It - Are Bed Bugs and Katy Perry Out for Blood?

Today, Explained - Who shot ya, Tupac?

Switched on Pop - Metro Boomin Wants Some More

ICYMI - Stop Snitching on Main

⭐ One Year - 1955: The Hiroshima Maidens

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Troubadours From the Tribe

Alternative Radio • 2000s

Foundations of Metal

Rob Zombie Radio • 2000s • Familiar

Metal Radio • 1980s

Manowar Radio

"Give It Away" [RHCP] Radio • Familiar

Stand And Deliver: The Very Best of Adam & The Ants {1999}

#sunday reading recap #bookgeekgrrl's reading habits #bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks #a most agreeable murder #my new living room furniture finally arrived! #i am luxuriating in having a comfy place to sit again! #watching a lot of great TV! #deadloch #omitb #ofmd s2 #dimension 20 #burrow's end #heavy metal music #adam ant #adam & the ants #rhcp #one year podcast #shedunnit podcast #the atlas obscura podcast #song exploder #re: dracula #welcome to night vale #vibe check podcast #switched on pop podcast #twenty thousand hertz+ podcast #into it podcast #endless thread podcast #what next: tbd podcast #today explained podcast #dear prudence podcast

[life-spire]

@ Vidit Goswami

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#interior #interiors #interior design #house #home #home design #sitting room #luxury #luxe aesthetic #luxury lifestyle #li_homedesign #cream aesthetic #curators on tumblr

[faggotician]

its just....the way my brain is, if i dont see a point in something i do Not want 2 bother with it. but the issue is that working constantly has no ultimate point. im not working for a goal, im working to get food to allow this body's survival . whats the point in that. i want 2 create i want 2 have time 2 sit and draw stupid mspaint furries. i want 2 get home st 1am and not have 2 lament abt going 2 bed early cuz i need 2 get up early for the job i JUST finished . we all know how fucked up this is, and anyone who doesnt admit it is always clearly in denial . The empire is going to fall, & america has a reckoning, but its so depersonalizing 2 be a US citizin right now....

#Making it so so clear that as a USamerican i live in the lap of luxury at the cost of many people #My tax dollars directly contribute 2 worldwide genocides...coups #Almost every destabilization of any nation #And its so fucked up to know and be aware of how vile and evil this entire country is #& be a citizen of it & still just . like #Call it lazy or lack of willpower and if u rly feel that way lack of care but like #im so fucking exhausted frm working every daylight hour just 2 afford a basic cart of groceries #and 2 see whats happening & feel so immobilized by the need 2 work 2 sustain yrself & survive like #its just so hollowing. #ive tried 2 get coworkers & groups together 2 even just #sit on the steps of a manufacturer w signs and that cldnt even be arranged bc everyone is so fucking exhausted #we have 2 days of the week 2 not be grinding so its all spent recovering & leaves no room for pssion #& i know this is Exactly what They (they as is the hierarchal billionaire tyrants lobbying 4 corps) want #the guys in power need us exhausted & beaten down #its ez 2 push anything when yr life & soul is dedicated 2 profit 4 survival #What else do u have 2 care abt . just let it happen vote whatever doesnt kill u even tho u know its all fake #We all know it is . we all know our vote & our beliefs dont rly matter 2 the people who want the status quo forever #So what do we do but sit and cry and whine & make posts like this .

[viridian-pickle]

#luxury #home #lounge #sitting room #interior design #decorating #decor #fireplace #dark green #classic #class #warm #lifestyle

[john-barkston]

our hot water is broken so i took a victorian shower with two boiled pots of water. it was amazing LOL i wish bathrooms were more geared towards "sit down in peace and wash yourself as needed" instead of "stand there miserably while the loud water crashes around u and the steam fogs ur lungs and you waste a ton of water that never stays hot anyway"

#i also just want a bath #i haven't had a bath since i was a child! no where i go has a bathtub worth sitting in LOL they're all old or super small #when we went to vegas i was like FUCK YEAH BATH TIME only to end up in the SEX ROOM WITH NO TUB are you kidding me? #there were no pictures of the bathroom so ithought ah it'll just be standard but thats better than nothing FOOL the shower was a glass box #and the toilet room door was a barn door so you could hear everything i........insane. #anyway i just want to take a luxurious bath with candles and rose petals and stuff = A =

[thefirstvessel]

When the autistic echolalia kicks in up in headspace and you suddenly have everyone just repeating the same word at each other for at least a few seconds

#we also do the neurodivergancy squat at each other in headspace a lot #our headspace isn't nearly as well developed as many others but there are some very strong persistent locations #the most developed space is actually our Papa IV fictive's room... which varies WILDLY from what his canon bedroom was revealed to be #its this lovely dark Victorian Gothic bedroom with a sitting area and fireplace and very luxurious onsuite #actually plural #plurality #did osdd #vessel talk

[vintagehomecollection]

A Treasury of Great American Houses, 1970

#vintage #vintage interior #1970s #interior design #home decor #parlor #sitting room #living room #chandelier #gilded #brocade #upholstery #traditional #American #luxury #baroque #home #architecture

[lifestyleofluxe]

#lifestyle #luxury #A bright #playful sitting room [1600x1067]