Agere-Tober

1: Tea/Coffee Little!Via CG!Stolas

Stolas had a lot of work to do. 

He had paperwork to fill out, 

Had a few thousand reports to read through, 

And more things that even he doesn't completely understand. 

Being royal is not as grand as people accused. 

"Daddy daddy!" His wonderful daughter, Via, ran into his room. 

The one and only good thing that came from his life. 

"Hello, Via." Stolas says. "How are you, dear?" 

"Daddy! Will you join my tea party?" Via asks. "I made everything perfect!" She says proudly. 

Octavia was regressed to about four today. She had recently opened up to Stolas about being a regressor, and though it had taken some time for him to understand and it was hard for her to open up to him, they've made some incredible progress to where Via actually feels comfortable regressing around him. 

It was certainly bringing them closer together, and though Via doesn't really need a caregiver, Stolas was usually more than happy to keep her company while she's small. 

"I apologize, Via. What was that you asked?" Stolas asks her. 

"Tea party! I have the table all set pretty like mum taught me!" She explained proudly. "I have everything ready, so we can have tea!" 

"Oh, Via. I would be delighted to have tea with you." Stolas tells her. "But I have some work to do, and I'm afraid it's very important." He says. 

Via frowns. "Oh... okay." 

Stolas frowns next. "I'm sorry, dear. We will play later, I promise." 

Via nods. "It's okay. I can play alone." 

Stolas wanted to say more, but Via walked away to her room. 

Stolas sighed and walked back to his desk to get started. 

And though this really needed to get done...he couldn't focus. He could only think of Via. 

When Octavia regresses like that, she really does act like she did when she was a child.

'Daddy! Daddy! Tea!' Three year old Via held up her play tea cup to Stolas. 

'That's very nice, Via.' He tells her, patting her head and leaving.

He had been drinking a lot the night before and was hung over... 

He and Stella had a fight...or more so she had a fight with him while he just let it happen...