Manning Thorsen believes in (othala) wrote in repose,
Manning's house: Iris / Manning
[He sent one last text: See you soon before his phone thumped down on the nightstand. He'd gotten the spare bedroom ready earlier, changed out the sheets, make sure there were fresh towels in the adjoining bathroom, checked all the lightbulbs to make sure they still worked before he'd climbed into bed himself. At that point, Iris was still a few hours away and getting a few hours of sleep had sounded good.
And they were. Her texts had woken him up as he had wanted and now he slid into the pair of sweatpants he left by the bed for those times when TJ came in or he had to go to his daughter. The band settled low on his hips as he headed for the door, shushing the dogs quietly while he checked in on TJ (still asleep) and continued on. They didn't bark when he slid the bolt back on the door and cracked it open for their soon to be guest.]