"Happy Mother's Day, Myra." Politeness accompanied his smile as he placed a modest gesture on her desk; it was nothing extravagant or inappropriate. Just a few daisies, marigolds and glads.
It’s not exactly rare for Joseph or Sebastian to drop by her office, although the former tends to be far more work-oriented than the latter. Usually it’s reports, requests, updates- things the Missing Persons Bureau needs that Joseph, bless his diligent soul, is so kind to provide. And since field world largely isn’t possible thanks to the scars of one pregnancy and one misplaced bladder, Myra’s job is largely administrative. Myra’s office is what is commonly referred to as organized chaos. With a flurry of audits coming in at the end of the quarter, everything tends to pile up, meaning the usually organized file folders, cabinets; their departmental cup runneth over with an endless list of documents to be reviewed, signed, and submitted. Such is the nature of an organization. Such is the nature of bureaucracy. She gets perhaps as far as the I’m in what she’s going to say before her eyes find what he’s brought her. Her throat shuts like a clamp, and immediately the prickle of happy tears is felt behind her eyes. Myra had always felt every emotion strongly- joy, fear, sorrow, anger- but since becoming a mother, somehow they grew even stronger. “Joseph,” there’s a little choked-up emotion there, but mostly she’s all smiles. “They’re beautiful. Thank you.” The fragrance of the marigolds is fainter than what she’s accustomed to in her mother’s garden, but it’s like a breath of fresh air to the stale taste of printer ink and paperwork that pervades almost every part of Missing Persons. Documents are quickly sorted into rough piles to make room for the small bouquet. It falls directly in the sunlight that tracks across her desk, offering shade to a set of two small, frames photos: one of her and Sebastian, a scarce few months ago on their wedding night, and a bright-eyed baby girl in a pink cap. She steps back, seemingly pleased with her work. “That’s much better, don’t you think? These offices are so dull.”