The hard edges of the world soften

[deirdre_ivy]

Date: Monday, June the fifth
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Character(s) Involved: Deirdre Burke and N. Tonks
Location: Office of D. Burke, Ministry of Magic
Complete or Incomplete: Incomplete
Rating: PG-13 (estimate--all depends on what Tonks needs to get off her chest)

Comments

[nymphadorauror]

This was not a great way to start the workweek, least not to Tonks. On Monday’s Tonks was usually late, later than her normal walk in at eight. Monday’s were usually tedious and grueling because they followed after the weekend, and Tonks always had trouble readjusting sleeping patterns and habits back into scheduled timing. This day also meant the beginning of tiring paperwork, bosses, and reports to which was never fun to look forward to. Doing it for so long, the boring process of ‘working’, helped Tonks tolerate Monday’s in general, if they kept within the routine expected of them. Today was way beyond the normal routine. Today was beyond any routine, and it was nerve wracking

[deirdre_ivy]

There was a moment before Deirdre flicked her eyes upward to meet the young woman half in and half out of her office door. If this woman could afford to be a little late (albeit only by half a minute), she could afford to finish her own signature

[nymphadorauror]

“Hi. Thanks.” Tonks twisted her highly exposed nervous expression into an attempt to smile, as she opened the door fully and saw Ms. Burke approaching. She let go of the handle and shuffled her feet into the room with discreet reluctance, while her eyes glanced off to where Ms. Burke suggested. “Ah, alright.” Tonks replied as she spotted a couch that looked rather appeasing

[deirdre_ivy]

Tonks' internal observation that Deirdre was somewhat sunnier than she had been at the Order of Merlin 'festivities' was a perceptive one. Indeed, within the bounds of her role as a psychiatrist, Deirdre could be quite endearing