After her run with, or more appropriately ride on the back of, mirage, she grabbed something to eat while the, once again, little fox napped in her pocket before going over to the weapons department to pick up her creations.

"I hear you have new upgrades for me, under the name of Ivory Summers"

"Y-yes... sorry about the delay, but the designs were truly intricate so they took longer then we first expected..." The poor boy behind the counter stuttered nervous as he fiddled with paperwork, trying to find where the weapons had been stored before scurrying away to get them.

"Not to worry, I knew they make take a good while longer then most upgrades, I did design them myself to my own personal needs and specifics"

"I seems that you are in the wrong department Miss Summers, those designs were extremely well done..." An older reaper dressed in a grey overall, interjected as he helped the younger man carry a long wooden box up to the counter, sliding it across to her "we could use a new designer... and if you truly designed these yourself, you would fit the bill quite splendidly"

"I'll be sure to bear that in mind if I ever get bored with dispatch" Ivory nodded clicking the locks open on the front of the box, a grin pulling at her lips as she saw her designs in reality...

"I do hope I did your designs justice"

"Oh believe me... you did much more then that, they are absolutely perfect!" she replied, smiling widely at him

"I'm glad" he smiled back, looking relieved

"Thank you so much, you truly are a master craftsman" Ivory bid politely, offering him a smile and a respectful bow before taking her leave.

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Returning to her office, carefully carrying the long wooden at her side, silently sliding it into the space under her desk as Helena and Theo sat talking on the sofa in the corner.

"Finished sulking yet?" Helena inquired as the conversation came to a stand still, both watching Ivory...

Ivory sighed softly, replacing mirage on the table "I wasn't sulking, you pair seemed to require time to exchange thoughts, so I took the opportunity to gets some errands done" she mused nonchalantly,

"Whatever you say Ivory, more like we got you cornered so you fled before you had to answer our questions~" Helena corrected, draining the last of her tea

Rolling her eyes "don't make me rethink about letting you go..." Ivory grumbled, half heartedly threateningly,

The darker haired woman put her hands on her hips, cocking and eyebrow "Have the reasons for keeping me on become invalid since you listed them? Plus like you could afford to do that right now, you being especially thinly spread due to recent events."

"Alright, smart arse..."

Theo snook up behind her, snaking her arms round her waist "are you okay, hon?" he whispered softly, nuzzling her ear

"Just a little tired" she muttered softly, placing her hand over his...

"Why don't you have a rest on the sofa? Helena and I can handle things here for a while" he suggested softly, giving her a gently squeeze as he "and I apologise about earlier, we did kinda get a little carried away..."

"No I'll be okay... I'll just have a early night or something... I have far too much left to do, with the new appointment, and all this damn paperwork..." she replied turning in his arms, resting her head on his chest "just forget about it, it doesn't matter..." lowering her voice before adding "last night was great, and if you must know, you are the best I've ever had"

"Heard that~" Helena giggled, dancing back to her desk...

Theo chuckled softly "To be honest I was playing with you, but I have to admit it's never a bad thing to hear that I satisfied my sweet love" he admitted kissing her forehead "if you are sure, and don't worry I can give you a hand with the paperwork since I've already finished mine"

She smiled up at him, nuzzling his jaw affectionately "I know how much you despise paperwork, so I hardly expect you to do more then your quota, love, plus I fear that your help will only make me look bad since my humble work could compare to your superior..." she mused just to be silenced by a his forefinger being pressed to her lips.

"Don't" he whispered as a frown etched itself on his forehead "Please don't start treating me like that... treat me as your lover not your superior for that is all I want to truly be, my title may help me get the result I crave but to have you to start acting like that... I couldn't bare it"

Ivory gently took her hand, kissing his fingertips "I just want to flatter you, to repay you for all the kind words you keep throwing my way, but I see I attempted to do it in a fashion that only serve to upset you..." she mused sadly, pressing his hand to the side of her face "forgive me, my sweet love"

"You don't even have to ask, please just don't ever put yourself lower then me... we are equals, no matter what those obnoxious brown nosers say" he responded, burying his face in her clothing, deeply breathing in her scent and allow himself relax.

She gently stroked his hair, kissing his head "can you blame me? You come in with all your handsomeness exposed... when I'm used to extra fuzzy, sheepdog in the badly fitting dress... it was rather hard to not feel over whelmed, when confronted with the actuality of the somewhat unreal situation." she admitted a little too honestly.

Theo looked up, a light blush dusted across his cheeks as he stroked down her face with the back of his hand "this is real, my sweetheart, I love you... and nothing I going to change that, I want to be with you for as long as you want me..." he cooed with a soft smile, "And it's a robe... not a dress" he corrected, playfully poking her nose.

"Hate to interrupt this extra sweet squishy moment, but Ivory your half 1 appointment is waiting outside..."

"One minute..." Ivory called back, before turning her attention back to Theo "It is amazing none the less... I honestly never thought that I would find someone, who makes me feel like this... after what happened with Michael, but then you came along and swept me off my feet, with your adorable ways, lovable lunacy and fuzzy charm. " she cooed, tenderly kissing his lips "I don't ever want to be without you"

"I am glad that I was the one lucky enough to unfreeze your heart, love" he whispered, lightly nuzzling her ear before reluctantly letting go of her so she could go back to her business.

Ivory smiled and nodded at him, stealing a kiss before resuming her seat behind her desk "Well then lets get this over with" she mumbled under her breath "Helena, please let Miss Ferguson in" she signalled, bracing herself for the whirlwind that was May Ferguson, an extreme excitable woman who was a around a two decades younger then herself.

A few moments later Helena lead a youthful faced reaper in, who was wearing her usual cheerful smile pulling at her red lips, her blue flecked green eyes shining with joy. Her long red hair pulled into her usual bun, with the shorter bits resting either side of her pale, lightly freckled face.

Ivory warmly smiled at the approaching reaper, thankful that she was still reasonably calm, forgetting something fundamental important...

May's eyes widened as she realised who was currently perched on the edge of Manager Summers desk, she couldn't help herself, she freaked out... "Ohmigodyou'rehim!He'syou!Ican't believeit'sactuallyyourightnow!You'relikemyfreakingidol!" she exclaimed in one breath, diving at him, causing both Theo and herself to end up on the floor, May letting out a squeal as she hugged the now chuckling grey haired reaper legend.

Helena burst out laughing, with Ivory following her lead with a roll of her eyes, how could she have forgotten that May adored Theo even more then she herself did? Trying to contain her laughter she looked over the desk at still squeeing Miss Ferguson who was still hugging the crap out of her lover... and failing as Theo looked up at her and rolled his eyes.

"Miss Ferguson when you are quite finished squishing our guest, could you take a seat, we have much to discuss..." Ivory stated firmly enough to get her attention, without sounding in anyway intimidating, something she was still working on perfecting.

May quickly got to her feet, blushing "um... sorry, Manager Summer..." she mused, smiling sheepishly before taking her seat

Ivory waved it off "no problem, I just find myself terrible busy today, so I'm afraid I have little time to waste, so if you don't mind I would rather get started" she mused thoughtfully ruffling her papers as Theo slowly emerged, dusting himself off, fixing his hair and glasses.

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After explaining the situation, dealing with a another minor case of an extremely over whelmed, excited May, with Ivory finding herself the victim of this new squealing hug attack, before thankfully calming herself into business mode. Which Ivory took advantage of spending the next forty five minutes explaining the basic protocol that all supervisors have to follow, patiently answering any questions and enquires May had throughout the introduction.

Having set May up a two hour session of supervised paperwork tutorial, Ivory final managed to send the energetic junior reaper on her merry way to finish up the last day as a member of the low level reaping staff.

The moment the door clicked closed Ivory slumped on the desk, arms out either side of her head...

"Alright over there Lil?" Helena called over, with a light chuckle "does someone need a nana nap and a nice cup of tea?"

"God damn... how can anyone function at that speed? She is only just over two decades younger then I am and she makes me want to curl up under a fuzzy blanket and start to work on a beige cardigan..." Ivory replied with an exasperated sigh, lightly banging her head on the table, causing the older of the two females chuckle.

"Well if that is your chosen hobby, could you knit me a green scarf? It gets really cold in here in winter" She teased

"Go out and buy one then, you damn skinflint!" Ivory grumbled, turning her head "do I look like a knitwear out let?"

"Well you do have the white hair," Helena baited playfully with a mischievous grin.

Ivory sat up sticking out her tongue at Helena as she ran her fingers through her loose fringe, sighing...

"Talking of being bitten by the old fart bug, ashen seems mightily quiet..." She mused looking over at Theo, who seemed to be still furiously working on some paperwork, head down as he cranked out sheet after sheet in a matter of minutes. "You okay over there, Theo?"

He nodded briskly as he just carried on silently...

"Why do I have the feeling I should be worried that my lover has been seriously bitten by the stoic ass reaper bug?" Ivory mused, frowning lightly as she watched him work, with a mild touch of envy seeping into her thoughts.

"You mean other then the fact he is starting to look like the spokes person for workaholics anonymous?" Helena inquired looking rather bemused.

"And you pair are terribly quick to judge..." he replied adding the last sheet to the 6 inch high pile that he had been working on for the thirty five minutes, "so I slip into a few old habits now and then, it doesn't mean I'm going to rejoin the boring brigade any time soon, besides my motivation was perfectly selfish I assure you, I wanted my love to have a little free time to spend with me this afternoon~" he admitted, smiling over at Ivory.

Ivory got up quickly, walking over to him checking out the paper... finding it was indeed her paperwork, but more surprisingly in a almost perfect imitation of her handwriting and even the way she worded it... "you absolutely brilliant, gorgeous and resourceful man..." she gasp climbing on his lap and hugging him tightly "I could so kiss you right now!"

"I think that is my signal, to make myself scarce..." Helena mused, grabbing her coat and vanishing out the room.

He chuckled warmly as he hug back "honestly, and you was going to group me with those mindless paperwork monkeys" he stated simply, faking disappointment... before pulling her close and nuzzling her neck "hardly going to say no to a well deserved kiss off you, love" he purred, his hot breath playfully caressing her neck.

She lifted his head and took his lips, kissing him intensely as she slipped her hands through his silver mane...

The corners of his lips quirked as he kissed back, cupping her face tilted her head slightly, deepening the kiss, his free arm snaking around her waist holding her to his firm chest, before breaking and placing a few more soft kisses on her lips. He smiled at her, as the hand that was previously resting on her cheek moved and snatched the two silver sticks that was holding her hair up, causing it to come tumbling down, letting his fingers run through her long white locks as he started to kissing her jaw.

"My, my Theodore, anyone would think you consider me one of your office floozies, you call when you're feeling frisky..." she teased, suppressing a shiver as he nipped her neck.

"Of course not, my love, you are special, I'm going to passionately take you over there on the coach, so I can really get up close and intimidate~" he purred, chuckling deeply, undoing the top buttons of her blouse

"I bet you say that the girls"

"Oh no, just most..." he mused playfully, kissing her collar bone "after all it's terribly tiring to be this continuously, and flawlessly charming all the time~"

Ivory smiled as she lent into his lips for a moment before getting up "yes, for everyone knows you are the ultimate ladies man, with your ever so flattering dress and manly heeled boots" she quipped, smirking over at him.

Theo growled lightly at her as a devilish glint started to shine in his eyes "oh you want to play, do you?" he purred before pouncing at her...