Devotions of Your Keeper (Thoma X Fem Reader)

After A Hard Day's Work

Synopsis: Thoma cares for you and praises you after a tricky day of work. A bit of a drabble, but something like this actually happened to me today, so I needed a bit of self indulgence.

Theme(s): Fluff, Comfort.

Relationship: Dating

Word Count: 1261

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After A Hard Day's Work

You kicked your shoes off and flopped down onto the couch with a groan. You grabbed a pillow and buried your face into it so you could let out all your frustrations.

Why did today have to be so difficult?

You'd already had a bad feeling when you woke up sleep deprived and not exactly in peak health. But you hadn't been sick enough to skip work. So you sucked it up, took a swig of tea and went straight to the Kamisato Estate.

And then . . . well, you didn't know if it was your occasional sniffles and sneezes, or lack of experience compared to everyone else . . . but nothing seemed to go right today.

There were always traces of dust left on the floor.

The things you were supposed to put in place never looked quite right.

And you could never seem to finish anything on time.

Even without the intervention or firm (but fair) feedback of your fellow retainers, you knew yourself your work wasn't quite up to par.

Some of your fellow retainers were fairly nice. But others intimidated you with their unfiltered upfrontness. There were times you were afraid to get in their way. And sometimes, when you were rearranging things, you would find yourself "Is this how they would do it?"

You also had a gut feeling that there were also some people there who aware that you were "the new one." And because of that, they were trying things on you they wouldn't dare approach any of your fellow retainers with. It made you feel dumb and overdependent on your fellow retainers when you found yourself asking them for help or advice.

You were trying your best to do your work in a timely manner. But you also wanted to get it right. You did what you were asked but you always felt like you could do more. That was the balance that you struggled to find, but were too afraid to ask in case someone turned around and fired you because you were so terrible at your job.

Even when Ayaka smiled sweetly at you as you finished your shift, the disappointed looks and painfully honest feedback from everyone else still swarmed around in your head.

Oh the relief you felt when you were finally down on that couch with your favourite (salty/ sweet) snack in your hand. You couldn't wait to just kick back and enjoy the upcoming weekend.

But . . . didn't you have commissions to do?

And you had agreed to a complete a request last night.

You moaned and sank into the couch, sniffing as you did so. Leaving aside the panting from your exertions at work today, your stuffy nose wasn't exactly making it the easiest to breathe.

"M'love! I'm home!"

"Hi Thoma," you sighed as your boyfriend stepped in and went straight over for a hug. You felt a bit better as you took in his warmth. And then you felt worse when you remembered that you probably had no right to feel as tired as you did- there were some days where he would work twice as many hours as you.