reneescarted | GYWO Yahtzee 2023 2/3

Title: Letter to Rennan
Fandom or Original Universe: original, Dusan Isles (fantasy series)
Rating: Mature-ish (see warnings)
Word count: 300
Summary: Rennan, most trusted servant and friend of Lord Holtz, goes to visit his father, but wants his lord to write him every now and then. Holtz is clearly irritated, but tries his best.
Warnings/triggers: indication of substance use
Writing Prompt: cockalourm

Rennan,

I still find this letter-writing idiotic, but I know if I don't send you one, I won't hear the end of it upon your return. You only went to see your father for two weeks - I mean, two weeks! I have done mighty fine before you, what do you expect to happen now?

The herbs are a bit more wilty than usual, so I try not to let them go to waste. Without your constant bother, I finally have the peace of mind to focus on my cases. Just yesterday I had three, all boring. A lord with a fear of spiders - father issues, of course -, a lady worried about her performance in bed, and the cook came to me to ask what I wanted for dinner. Can't he just figure it out? This dependency is deeply irritating, do you think I need a new cook?

Do hurry back, though, as I'm running out of herbs, and it would be an enormous waste of my time to have to go to my source. I like growing them myself, a lot cheaper and accessible. It's fundamental to have them on hand, or else my own brilliance overwhelms me and you know what happens then.

I received a letter from my father, again demanding that I take a bride. I don't want to take a bride, I already have you to constantly nag me about health, herbs, and manners. Write a letter of declination in my name by the time you get back, and then we can send it. Even better, just send a letter of declination in my name. I'd expect you know what to write by now.

With my signature in case you're too dumb to figure out this letter is from me,

Lord Seamus Holtz