ota {behind the mirror}

[holdsmyheart]

He's only meant to close his eyes for a minute, maybe five. But, he'd worked till well after sundown yesterday, then had come Donia Carruthers and her emergency stroke, which had seen him up all night long, getting the woman stable and trying to calm her distraught husband, and by then, adrenaline and coffee had rendered him unable to sleep, so back to his office he went.

And the agenda was full: a meeting with Rowan regarding the security issues involving the other Suits, the conversation with Mano about the h/vac system in the Castle as well as the planning and organization of a possible summer luau for the entire Deck, and countless other little details scrawled into his calendar. But somewhere around mid-morning, Theo's eyes just refused to stay open and he unconsciously leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, slipping into a doze before he realized it.

Just a minute. Just five minutes. That's all.

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[holdsmyheart]

If that'd been his plan, there'd only be...maybe three or four left in the entire Suit. Theo picked up on his end of the bookcase, saying evenly, "No, as a matter of fact. But neither am I going to allow anyone to take advantage of it, either."

The heavy bookcase thudded to the floor in the hallway. "And regardless of your thoughts on the matter, that's how it's going to be. No one gets free rides, Justin. Not me, not you, not anyone. You're a member of the Suit, so you're going to act like it."

Then went back into the office and took his laptop off his desk. "I don't expect you to prance around scattering flowers or singing hymns all the day long, but I do expect you to pull your weight. And right now," he eyed the youth sternly, "you suck at it."

[alwaysmessedup]

"Yeah, uh huh," he mutters in response. But he'll set to, sullenly, assisting Theo as ordered but he'll shut his mouth.

Not like it's really worth all the effort anymore anyway.