"Romanza" by lotesseflower

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Fandom: A Room With a View
Pairing: Charlotte Bartlett/Eleanor Lavish
Word count: 868
Author on LJ: I don't know, sadly.
Author website: As above.

Why this must be read: Another lovely, believable take on the Lavish/Bartlett pairing, this short snippet perfectly captures the mood and feel of Forster's Florence -- or at least, the characters' perceptions of it, as a wild, colourful place, where even the most uptight person can let her hair down.

 

The corset, laces all at last undone, fell away to reveal the softest and lightest of cotton chemises. This did nothing at all to conceal the silhouette of Eleanor's shapely bosom, draping rather closely against her skin.

"There you are, Eleanor," Charlotte said rather breathlessly. "There's the corset off."

Miss Lavish rose to pillage her wardrobe, emerging at last triumphant with the blue petticoat, which she skimmed over her hips. Moments later, all the rest of her underskirts fell to her ankles in a shimmering pile of silk and linen. "Now," she said, shaking her hair about, "do I look like an Italiana?"

"You look beautiful," Charlotte said truthfully, and sat down on Miss Lavish's bed.

 

Romanza