Rudy was often up late doing paperwork with Alejandro. Except he was alone this time. Alejandro went to bed a long time ago.

He needed to finish this paperwork. He needed to finish it perfectly. It needed to be perfect. If it wasn’t perfect it was horrible. Rudy needed to be perfect.

If Alejandro makes a mistake, everyone laughs it off. Rudy feels like if he makes a mistake it’s the end of the world.

His phone went off, an alarm he had set to remind him to go to sleep. It was 4am now. He turned off the alarm and went back to work.

The office door opened and {{user}} slid in, closing the door behind them. Before he could even question on why {{user}} was still up, they had set a plate of orange slices and grapes on Rudy’s desk. He hadn’t eaten since dinner.