Mother’s Day

liselletloak:

the-asari-councilor:

Tevos smiles warmly, turning to retrieve a vase from her kitchen. She listens to her child all the way to the other room and back.

“Well, I suppose you get your luck from your father.” She responds warmly, cheerfully setting her arrangement of flowers on the corner of her desk. “No, flowers are perfect.” She interrupts, turning to face Liselle again. “It’s not like I need more dresses, or…anything else for that matter.” She grimaces sheepishly, “Flowers are perfect.”

Her expression sours when her daughter laughs, “Just as I know not about you, either. Perhaps we should take a day to ourselves, soon? What do you think Liselle?”

“Ha, good to know I inherited more than her aggression,” Liselle jokes, folding her arms across her chest. She follows Tevos to her desk, listening to her talk for a few moments. She’s glad that her little gift of flowers is good enough for her mother, and that she’s made her happy.

The change in expression, however, wipes her grin right off her face. At first, she thinks she’s said something wrong, but quickly perks up at Tevos’ suggestion. She nods.

“That’d be great actually,” she practically chirps. “I actually wanted to see if you had time to have supper with me or something tonight. You know, another Mother’s Day sorta thing.”

“I would love to,” Tevos smiles, “Gives me a wonderful excuse to disregard my work and other responsibilities until later on tonight, or—goddess forbid—tomorrow morning.”

She sounds almost childish: excited by the thought of rebelling, even just a little. She never really had time to relax, even as a teenager. She was being prepared for her future job as a councilor.

“Do you have any ideas as to where?” Tevos asks, because they could always do it right here….