𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝙱𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 (𝟻/𝟻 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍; 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙴𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍)

(You got it!)

(^-^)

M sighed whenever he reached the wide double doors of the Palace, setting a hand on the cool bronze surface and pushing them open, slipping through them and shutting them again. He’d came to do exactly what he said he’d do. Work. Not get into stupid, petty arguments. He started down his first hall with purpose, his office in mind.

(Alright)

(jezzz. patience is a virtue)

Jericho sat at his desk rubbing the exhaustion from his eyes. He was in no mood to deal with anything today and really wished he could just forgo working and return to his bed. And the bottle of alcohol he'd been nursing all night instead of sleeping.

M opened the door to his office quietly and shut it behind himself quietly, setting his things down on his desk with a sigh. Hopefully today is just another quiet day… He thought tiredly as he locked the door with his magic, plopping down tiredly in his chair.

Jericho heard M's office door close and lock. He sighed deeply into his coffee, making no move to get up and report over to his boss. The previous night was a disaster and he would have preferred the world stay quiet and away from him this morning. Jericho stretched, joints popping, before sagging into his chair again. Booting up his computer, he leaned back to watch the clouds cross the sky, wondering what possibly could go wrong this day.

M relaxed slowly with a deep sigh, running his hands up and down his face and through his fluffy black hair, which had dried in the heat of the sun above them. He took a few moments to just sit there like that, then sat up towards a nice, hearty stack of papers. He went to analyzing them, only to figure out they needed to be copied.
Great. Not real work for me to do.
But first M had to call Alison. Uphold his promise. He grabbed up hid bag which was plopped away at the side of his chair and opened it, pulling out his cell phone and unlocking it. He pulled up Alison's number and called it, leaning back in his chair with a sigh as it rung.

(Autumn, did you want me to edit my last response so we can include Alison?)

(I do, since we kinda really need to develop M and Alison, lol)

(There you are.)

"Hi," M said softly into the phone, his eyes flitting up to the ceiling. She sounded tired and half-asleep; it reminded him that he needed to fetch a cup of coffee. "Did I wake you up?"

M frowned a little but nodded, dpesite knowing she couldn't see him. "Yeah. I made it here okay. What were you going to do today?"

(Aubrey? Lol.)

M drummed his fingers on the desk. "You remember your parents are coming over tonight? I'll be home in time for them…" …hopefully, He finished to himself, looking back at the papers.

(That's okay ^-^)

M rubbed his cheek. It was moments like these that he could read her thoughts, but he couldn't read someone's thoughts over the phone. He wasn't that good…
"Okay. Well, I'll try to get back in time."

M nodded and sighed. "Yeah. I won't forget. I'll be home as soon as I can. Sorry for running out on you 'n stuff."

M smiled faintly, but he didn't feel willing to it whenever he did smile. It was really strange, and he let his lips fall again with a sigh.
"Yeah, I'm glad to have seen you too."

M looked down at a thick stack of papers lined up on his desk, almost plauging the brown, wooden surface of it.
"Yeah, I should. I'll talk to you later."

"Love you too," The detective said back, fiddling with his pen. He really didn't want to hang up, but he couldn't leave to go back until his work was done

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