Hello hearthunted!

[theironlyhope]

(( Continued from here. ))

You promised me no nights, but that was before all hell broke loose.

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[hearthunted]

You've also said you don't want me to work so much. Someone's got to do it.

[theironlyhope]

Technically, we don't have anyone to report to... [She knows he won't work any less, even without a mayor. But let's just put that out there.]

[hearthunted]

Technically, we might not even have authority in town anymore. [Work was all he had before. It'll take some time for him to get used to having something else to devote time to.]

[theironlyhope]

Right, everyone else is some kind of royalty. [She doesn't include herself in that.]

You did promise to take some time off.

[hearthunted]

Not everyone is. It just seems that way.

I know I did, and I will.

[theironlyhope]

Maybe we just hang back for a while. Work a little less than usual unless something comes up.

[hearthunted]

So in other words, we spend time with each other outside of the office. I can definitely go for that.

[theironlyhope]

That's exactly what I'm saying.

If we wait around for something to change, it may not be for the better.

[hearthunted]

I have been working a lot, but now that I've got you and Henry, I've got other things to do than work all the time. I've got a reason to take time off.

If anyone has a problem with that, I'll direct them to you.

[theironlyhope]

You could always tell them off yourself.

[hearthunted]

It's so much more effective coming from you.

[theironlyhope]

It's so much more effective when you hide behind your girlfriend?

[hearthunted]

No. It's so much more effective when my girlfriend tells them off with words I've never said in my life.

[theironlyhope]

[When Emma considers that for a moment, she covers her face with her hands and laughs.]

[hearthunted]

Are you going to try and deny it?

[theironlyhope]

I could teach you those words.