the new status quo

[dr_schreber]

Schreber has a lot of trouble letting go of his paperwork but even he will admit he needs help. The more he does for the city the more it seems like needs to be done and the bureaucracy is starting to grow. It’s hard keeping so much of the city’s trade operations invisible from the people who think they know what’s going on. The way Schreber and

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[sarah_branigan]

Sarah doesn't seem to mind the additional presence of Markus at all. In fact, on days when it seems their work will last a bit longer, she invites him to stay for dinner. She also tries to have a pot of coffee waiting when she leaves for work in the morning. She appreciates Markus for a lot of reasons, but one of them is that it's nice to have another coffee drinker around.

In the past couple of months, she's been around the home more as well, her excursions to the Nexus few and far between.

This particular afternoon, she arrives home a little later than usual, having made a detour at the Nexus Clinics to visit an ill friend. When she finds Daniel and Markus in the kitchen, working, she doesn't say anything, just smiles tiredly at the both of them and then gives her boyfriend an unusually long hug.

[dr_schreber]

Schreber looks up and smiles a little when he sees her like he always does but then the hug gets his attention. He twists in his chair and hugs back and tries to look at her face. "Long day?"

[call_me_rat]

Rat will gladly help drink the coffee, any time of the day. When Sarah comes home he gives her a smile and a wave, pen in one hand, then quietly goes back to the paperwork to give them the illusion of privacy while they hug.

[sarah_branigan]

"Sort of. Work was fine, but I went to see Jeff..." She sighs and gives Daniel another squeeze. "He's going to be all right, but it's disturbing to know that he was part of another mass kidnapping in the Nexus."