Merry Christmas, @moni26!
I hope you enjoy it!
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Alec was frustrated and when Alec got frustrated, expensive coffee makers and dull paperwork that the Government said he needed to do tended to burn in hellfire until there was nothing left but ash and a smell that took him far too long to get out of the furniture. The espresso machine was (purposefully, he was fairly certain) acting up and had refused to make a single even remotely palatable cup all morning, his delivery of beans to restock his inventory for the next week was late and his sister, who had promised to be here two hours ago to relieve him, was nowhere to be seen. So yes, if there was a slight smell of brimstone and freshly-printed staff schedules wafting in from his office, well…Alec was going to continue to ignore that for just a little bit longer.
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