[ she can tell he’s embarrassed and it makes her laugh gently under her breath. she can almost see in her minds eye the way his human face would wrinkle up and flush when he learned what was really hidden behind those glossy, romantic covers. ]

If they looked like smut, all the housewives would be too embarrassed to read them in public. Appearances and all.

I’m glad that Miss Carmilla was looking out for you. [ though he’s a young teenage boy, they tend to be curious about that kind of stuff. ] You know there’s a film, right? That’s the only reason I knew about the book, honestly. Girls in my high school were obsessed with it. Always swooning over what’s his face.