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]

"Thank you, madam Ace. I appreciate it muchly." It would, just as soon as he fired off these last emails, closed his office door and went for a nap in his quarters.

"Oh, one more thing, while it's on my mind; what's the thought about a summer luau sometime this June? Mano brought it up and I think it'd be a good idea, weather and circumstances allowing."

[somuchheart]

She thinks about it for a moment. "If people aren't too partied out by the Spring Swing, I suppose it'd be a nice idea," she murmurs with a smile. "Weather permitting, definitely. If last October had been any chillier, the Halloween ball would've been a flop."

[holdsmyheart]

"I was thinking sometime around the start of July, so mid-summer. But definitely, weather permitting." He snorted lightly. "Of course, it wouldn't surprise me if we had a blizzard right about the end of June. It'd certainly be true to form, as weird as things have already been this year.

"But check with Mano; I'll leave the planning details to the two of you, if you wouldn't mind."

[somuchheart]

"Got it, your Majesty. I'll go find Mano right away." She salutes to him before finally slipping out of the door.