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[art-and-brian.livejournal.com]

He's surprised, as he usually is, by how much faster time seems to move here than at home. It was quite mild when he was in for his last shift - sticking his head outside the back door tonight, he notices it's very definitely not mild anymore. It's only a few degrees about freezing in fact and that's why there can be only one special tonight.

SPECIALS

Hot Chocolate with your choice of shot - Amaretto, Mint, Caramel, Hazelnut or Vanilla

He gets one for himself and wraps his hands around it as he takes his place behind the bar.

'Bar's open.'

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[born-to-it.livejournal.com]

"Most of them are women," Donovan sighs.

[art-and-brian.livejournal.com]

Justin raises an eyebrow at him.

'So?'

[born-to-it.livejournal.com]

"They don't really listen," Donovan says, "and half the time, they don't even say properly what the problem is. They're swanmanes -- think masochistic divas with a huge addiction to drama!"

[art-and-brian.livejournal.com]

He nods, having no trouble at all imagining this situation.

'Sounds like a bunch of guys I know.'

And...himself, at times. He's still having a minor drama queen stage.

'Why don't you just leave them to figure out their own problems?'

[born-to-it.livejournal.com]

"Because I'm the Swan King," Donovan says. "It's my job in life to take care of all the problems the swanmanes might have with the rest of the world because they are what they are."

[art-and-brian.livejournal.com]

'It sounds like a nightmare.'

When he's not being melodramatic, he can acknowledge that it can't be all that much fun for everyone else to deal with when he is.

'People are born Kings, aren't they? I guess you don't have a choice.'

[born-to-it.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Donovan says. "Special birthmark; my grandmother knew what it meant when she first got to look at me when I was little. I said, I was born to it -- every friggin unnerving aspect of it."

[art-and-brian.livejournal.com]

'Unnerving?'

It hadn't occured to him that he might not think his job is awesome.

'Don't you like it?'

[born-to-it.livejournal.com]

"No," Donovan says. "It means that everybody's always shouting out for me, and everybody's mess is mine to clean up."

[art-and-brian.livejournal.com]

Justin blinks. Why are kings always dying to get to throne and killing each other for it, if it turns out to suck so much?

'Abdicate?'

[born-to-it.livejournal.com]

"There is nobody else," Donovan says. "I'll have to grit my teeth nd carry on. But that doesn't mean I can't whinge when I feel like it."