She was great at her job, but there was only so much overbearing, middle-aged spinster he could take, her nitpicking and criticism and disapproval, before he started to take the bait. And while it was better than the last situation, sometimes she reminded him too much of his own goddamn mother, and he'd spent a lifetime trying to get away from her.
Carrying Gus into the kitchen, he grabbed a bottle from the fridge, because there was very little chance that the kid was gonna sleep without eating something first. With the kid perched on one hip, he brushed past Max along the way toward the nursery.
The kid was undoubtedly putting a cramp in his style, but he'd never apologized for anything. He wasn't going to start now.
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Date: 2014-10-27 03:54 am (UTC)She was great at her job, but there was only so much overbearing, middle-aged spinster he could take, her nitpicking and criticism and disapproval, before he started to take the bait. And while it was better than the last situation, sometimes she reminded him too much of his own goddamn mother, and he'd spent a lifetime trying to get away from her.
Carrying Gus into the kitchen, he grabbed a bottle from the fridge, because there was very little chance that the kid was gonna sleep without eating something first. With the kid perched on one hip, he brushed past Max along the way toward the nursery.
The kid was undoubtedly putting a cramp in his style, but he'd never apologized for anything. He wasn't going to start now.