Hungover and late

Sean was not used to drinking and especially not on a work night. He slept past his alarm and had to rush like mad to get to work on time. “What did he say?” asked a bleary Chloe. She had been asleep last night when he came in and he wanted to tell her but he was so late.

“I’ll tell you later baby. I’m going to be in trouble” he said.

Chloe looked at her phone “Oh shit, you are.” She dashed out of the bedroom and made him a coffee to take with him and shoved a jam sandwich in his hand as he headed for the door. “I love you baby. You’ll be fine” she said supportive as he dashed off in a panic.

The day didn’t go well. He got chewed out for being late by Garry and it was blatantly obvious that he had been drinking. Garry seemed to really relish Sean being in trouble as he was normally beyond reproach so Sean had to bite his tongue several times that day as Garry made comments. “It’s not like you have never come in smelling of booze” he muttered under his breath after having checked that nobody would hear him. It was true. Garry fairly regularly had the smell of booze on him but he was also never late and always on form so nobody ever called him out on it.

The bad start and several small mistakes due to his hangover and bad state of mind just made the day rotten and he forgot all about his exciting news until he got in.

Chloe was casually dressed in tight blue jeans and a white T-shirt. She was putting out dinner when he walked in. “Hey baby. I thought you might have had a tough day so I did the whole domestic goddess thing” she called out as she put a hot casserole on the table.

Sean’s Heart swelled with love at the sight of her. It wasn’t unusual for her to cook but she had clearly gone the extra mile tonight. It was the balm he needed and he allowed himself to be served as he listened to her monologue about her day.

They ate and he vented about his day. Chloe cleaned up and insisted that she do it all tonight as she cleaned the table. She understood that Sean was proud of his diligence and today must have been difficult. Dessert was less high effort as she passed him an ice cream from the freezer and sat down opposite him to eat her own.

“Well?” she asked “What did Magnus say?”