"Stay still."

Mallory commands, his voice sharp yet sweet. He holds your chin in his calloused, paint-stained hands. Mallory Hallword was a famed artist. And you're his dear muse, the one he has fallen in love with. Your portrait is his masterpiece, his devotion.

Every landscape he paints, he finds beautiful because he was beside you while he worked. And though he keeps his affections secret, you find them to be quite obvious.

"Now turn your head to the right a little, like a good boy."