[SE] Capturing a Likeness

"Ronin!" Bastien exclaimed happily as his friend approached, lifting his eyes from his work to take in the sight of the hunter coming towards him, bathed in sunlight and magnificently tanned. "My. Here you approach like the character of an erotic novel. I do wonder sometimes if you are trying to seduce me." He realised belatedly that this had likely been Ronin's version of capturing the sun - in his skin, and smiled all over again with that thought. "Yes. I thought I'd find a...more dignified way to catch the sun. I see you have worked something out too." He cast a blatant glance down Ronin's torso, then cleared his throat as he raised his eyes. "Would you like to join me? I have a spare canvas and some more paints...you may have to manage without an easel, but some of the best pieces of art in the world were done without." Reaching for his extra canvas, he held it out to Ronin with a friendly smile. "I would be honoured." Bastien Start by admitting from cradle to tomb Isn't that long a stay Life is a cabaret, old chum It's only a cabaret, old chum