I thought you left jon…dorry

I was a horrid bitch earlier..eyes down..

Music blared through her air pods as she ran along the beach. She needed to get out and stretch her legs a bit. Get a good run in. It's been a while since she'd taken time off and she was already going stir crazy.
So she'd decided on a run and kept her mind focused on the music as her feet carried her along the shoreline in a brisk run.

He smiles and gives you a genuine smile. Probably something that he hasn't been doing that often lately.

"Thanks Holly. I'm trying."

He's doing the best he can to...remember how to be human and social. But when you mention it being online somewhere, an eyebrow quirks up.

"Bet that'll look good on the 100" screen in the house."

He quirks a grin and thought about making a quip about the sounds he's heard you make, but then...probably not appropriate setting for that.

good..it's much appreciated

Goodbye and good night.

It’s what I do best…keep my team and anyone else nearby…safe

*Stokes the fire*

Whatever

will you come back n guard me so I feel safe..separate sleeping bags of course

Laughs…I will do that soon…I have to walk old Big outside for a while…then we’re in for the night

pulls the t on n turns back..better..tosses her shirt n shirts to the car

Again thank You all that means so much to my family

thanks close your peepers

you do not sound like a girl to Me.

What do you mean?

Smiles… throws you a tee

"Honestly? That's progress and for what it's worth I'm proud of you?"

Yes, awkward way for an assistant to talk to her boss but, well, she was a bit more than that.

"And honestly don't sweat not making it out to the show, they have it online somewhere. It's not as clean as Hamilton but damn it's not far from it!"

Plus as a bonus Holly doesn't try to sing and that spares your poor eardrums. They're insured for millions, right?

Talia Amin

"Okay I wasn't trynna guess Accountant but Nanny was not too far behind, for— wait, for like someone famous? I love that for you, though — you have like this nurturing aura, I can totally see it.

Uhhh me? I mean I'm Mr. Bode's executive assistant, but I also chair CityCoin LLC which is just a managing body which handles the public face of the currency and interfaces with the governance protocols and organizes stakeholder meetings, et cetera…"

She hand-waved it like it was boring, hardly worth talking about.

"AND yeah I played Alice alongside Leo's Ben for Plus One! Barely made it through, don't let Leo undersell their role in supporting me through the process. They were originally gonna have this amazing actress Courtney, uh—she's over there…" Holly gestured to a different actress who was sharing a joke over salad with another actress Kate.

"…but she got hurt and I came in last-second."

Leo Sterling — Holly bit the tip of her tongue and made like she was gonna snap the waistband of your shorts, stopping just short with a foxy squint.

"You love it, shut up! Like saying oh no, he's too sexy to play the role. We need someone frumpy and dilapidated!"

As the sun continued to wane and wash the light more orange, Holly started toward the gift pile — sure it was a bit modest as Leo was still in the process of expanding his social circle, but there was a generality to what was easy to gift someone you didn't closely know yet. Lots of gift cards for businesses around The City, vouchers for spa days. Holly held out a box for Leo that contained a watch, a Cartier with a black leather band with a square platinum face that seemed to rest stylishly on the He/They segment of the non-binary spectrum.

Out of the corner of her eye, she watches you with Dylan Bode, the way you're a tiny bit awed by it. You sweet, adorable human.

You chime in that entertaining tiny humans counts as entertaining and she flashes you a grin.

Sometimes I'm definitely putting on a performance.

Catching her lower lip, she pulls it through her teeth and back into a grin when you say you're a professional pretender.

I sure hope I can tell the difference between when you're pretending and when you're not.

You indirectly call her a miracle and she softens, smiling over at you.

I'll take it.

Something about this does not feel right