sith_happened | Office hours [all day]

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Office hours [all day]

Anakin opened his office door.

And stared.

Someone had redecorated.

Anakin stomped around the office examining streamers on the ceiling and paint on the wall, then the glitter-bestrewned Farrah Fawcett poster, and finally flounced over to sit in his chair.

With its pink boa.

He waved a hand and started up his little galaxy of stars, then picked up a pen that had been decorated with feathers--all of his pens had been decorated with feathers, what the hell?--and hoped no one visited today.

Though that didn't seem very likely.

[OOC: Door's closed, post is open!]

I Am What I Am - John Barrowman

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"I'm not singing," Anakin said immediately. He scooted his chair closer to Aeryn. "How are you doing this week?"

"I'm all right," Aeryn tells him, and she means that. "It's getting better, I think."

"I'm glad to hear it," he said. "Did Caritas help at all?" he asked innocently.

"It did, actually," she says. "I was going to ask how you knew about it, and then I remembered the phone call."

Anakin chewed on his lip, then waved his hand around the office. "She's upset with me," he said, stating the obvious.

"You've noticed. What happened?"

"I don't know," Anakin practically wailed.

"Well, something had to have," she says. "She seems to have a pretty clear idea."

Anakin ran his hands though his hair. "I don't know," he said. "One minute I'm telling her how much the idea of Xander possibly dating a high school student makes me uncomfortable, the next she's all Glitter McDrunkdial."

Anakin paused. "Did I really just say that out loud?"

"You did," she says slowly. "Did you listen to what you said?"

Anakin hid his head in his hands. "I'm going out of my mind."

"And there's glitter on your posters," Aeryn points out.

"And there's glitter on my posters," Anakin echoed, still not looking up.

"Are you going to do anything about it?" She won't push, or not push, as it's not her place, but she's curious.

"I suppose I could take the posters down," Anakin said. "Get a vacuum in here."

"Yes, of course, that's exactly what I was talking about," she says wryly. "Aren't you a mind-reader?"

Anakin shook his head. "It's rude to poke around like that," Anakin said.

"Then I'd hope you'd be paying attention to the fact that this is me. Go ahead, tell me about your office cleaning." If he does it, she's hitting him.

Anakin sighed. "Okay. I have no idea where I screwed up with her," he said, "and no idea how to fix it. Or even if I want to."

"You told her that Xander dating a high schooler made you uncomfortable," she repeats. "That might be where the screwing up part comes in. The rest... I don't know what to tell you."

Anakin shrugged. "It's true," he said. "I don't think it's appropriate." He chewed on his lip. "The last time I broke the rules, I pretty much destroyed life as we knew it on a galactic scale. I won't do it again."

"You don't have to explain your reasoning to me. I think you've earned your right to caution," Aeryn says. "But even with a reason, she'll be upset. That's just normal."

Anakin turned to meet Aeryn's eyes. "But why would she be upset?" he asked plaintively. "I'm 42. My son is older than she is now."

"She seems to think you're calling her a child, for one," she tells him. "And it does sound like that, honestly."

Anakin was quiet for a long, long time.

"It's easier if she finds someone else," he said finally.

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