- Messages
- 72
- OOC First Name
- Rowan
- Blood Status
- Mixed Blood
- Relationship Status
- Married
- Sexual Orientation
- Claudia) (Straight
- Age
- 7/2005 (54)
When they had discussed how their lives would change if Claudia ran for Minister, James had accepted that it meant less time at home with his wife. With four daughters, James didn't remember the last time the Holland home had actually been quiet, but since Claudia's election that had well and truly changed. James was becoming strangely accustomed by silent meals alone, in a home that felt much too large with everyone else gone away. It got depressing at times, but this was what James had agreed to, and in the end, the work Claudia was doing for their country was what mattered.
And, as James liked to think of it, the emptiness in their home only made nights like tonight more special. Claudia was home for dinner, and James had been in the kitchen all afternoon cooking. He wanted every evening they got together to be special now, and to help Claudia relax after carrying the weight of a nation all day. Plus, tonight James had some news to give his wife. Time together had been sporadic enough recently that he hadn't wanted to bring up something like the letters from his sister, but this evening they had nothing to do but talk, and James wanted to let Claudia know, and find out what she thought about the situation. So after dinner was finished James set down his wine glass, choosing his words carefully as he spoke to Claudia over the candles he had laid out in the middle of the table. "I... got a letter recently." He said slowly, reaching down to pull the carefully folded parchment from his pocket and sliding it across the table. "It's from Melanie."
And, as James liked to think of it, the emptiness in their home only made nights like tonight more special. Claudia was home for dinner, and James had been in the kitchen all afternoon cooking. He wanted every evening they got together to be special now, and to help Claudia relax after carrying the weight of a nation all day. Plus, tonight James had some news to give his wife. Time together had been sporadic enough recently that he hadn't wanted to bring up something like the letters from his sister, but this evening they had nothing to do but talk, and James wanted to let Claudia know, and find out what she thought about the situation. So after dinner was finished James set down his wine glass, choosing his words carefully as he spoke to Claudia over the candles he had laid out in the middle of the table. "I... got a letter recently." He said slowly, reaching down to pull the carefully folded parchment from his pocket and sliding it across the table. "It's from Melanie."