Linda
Written on Jul 9, 2017
In Flight is a light story, but heavy on the BDSM, with characters that kept their distance emotionally, even from me...
In Flight is the first story in Up in the Air, and I was quite intrigued by the way Bianca observed James and vice versa. James appeared like a man who knew what he wanted, and then went after it. Bianca was cool and collected - except when it came to James.
Between flirting and trying to get Bianca's phone number during the flight, and then working, James was distant, but still observant. The interactions between the flight attendants made me smile, as they were bound to be tight-knit, at least during their flights.
Bianca and her paintings definitely made me curious, though, and I felt like through her art, she showed more of herself than she did through her actions.
I loved Bianca's best friend Stephan, he was really there for her, and he seemed to think she should aspire to more in life than she was. Overall, I enjoyed In Flight, even if it was a bit hard to get to know the characters.
Being around that man made me feel... strange. It felt a little like I'd been plucked away from my own orderly life and placed in the middle of some kind of game. A game with rules that I hadn't been told. And I had no frame of reference with which to learn those rules.
I flushed a bit, but smiled. "I painted that mountain landscape because it made me think of you. It was so strong, and stark, and beautiful. And every color I used in that painting, I got from studying you. I used the color of your hair and skin for the desert mountains, and your eyes were the sky. It's very nearly an abstract portrait of you." He laughed, a carefree, joyous sound.