Mm, no, I wouldn't call it common. Not in Italia, anyway. Most men adhere strongly to machismo still.
[It's here he hesitates and he uncaps the pencil with a quick, small distracting sentence of,]
Close your eyes.
[And once Polnareff's eyes are closed, he scoots a little closer to hold Polnareff's chin gently with one hand and making small dots along Polnareff's lash line. And then he parts with it,]
I actually didn't wear any until I met Abbacchio. He wore a lot of it — more than I ever would and not the way I wear it. He's always sharp edges and hard lines, and it makes him look mean, but I liked it on him.
[Abbacchio never thought much of himself. He saw himself as a fuck up and one second away from destroying anything. But that's not the sort of person he really was, not in Bruno's opinion. Abbacchio wore his makeup as a way of hiding his insecurity, but Bruno saw it as bringing who he was to light. So, maybe he was a little mean, but Abbacchio was strong, too. Stronger than he realized.]
[Bruno's finished laying down the dots. He reaches into his bag again to pull out a small compact mirror and opens it for Polnareff to see.]
First step is laying out your outline with dots. You want one on about each side of your iris, in the middle of your pupil, and near the end of your white on the outer corner. Then you want a dot for where your wing will end.
[True to his word, Bruno's kept the wing small. He holds the pencil out to Polnareff to do the other eye.]
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[It's here he hesitates and he uncaps the pencil with a quick, small distracting sentence of,]
Close your eyes.
[And once Polnareff's eyes are closed, he scoots a little closer to hold Polnareff's chin gently with one hand and making small dots along Polnareff's lash line. And then he parts with it,]
I actually didn't wear any until I met Abbacchio. He wore a lot of it — more than I ever would and not the way I wear it. He's always sharp edges and hard lines, and it makes him look mean, but I liked it on him.
[Abbacchio never thought much of himself. He saw himself as a fuck up and one second away from destroying anything. But that's not the sort of person he really was, not in Bruno's opinion. Abbacchio wore his makeup as a way of hiding his insecurity, but Bruno saw it as bringing who he was to light. So, maybe he was a little mean, but Abbacchio was strong, too. Stronger than he realized.]
[Bruno's finished laying down the dots. He reaches into his bag again to pull out a small compact mirror and opens it for Polnareff to see.]
First step is laying out your outline with dots. You want one on about each side of your iris, in the middle of your pupil, and near the end of your white on the outer corner. Then you want a dot for where your wing will end.
[True to his word, Bruno's kept the wing small. He holds the pencil out to Polnareff to do the other eye.]