We have never been friends

by **Thomas Braden** Tue Dec 07, 2021 11:52 pm

It had been three months since his return to Queen’s College. If someone would have asked him a year ago whether he would ever return to London and get back to his old job, he would have said no. But the course of his life had changed once again. At first, it had felt a little odd to be back. It had been over ten years since the last time he had walked here. Thomas had already noticed that not much of the premise had changed. Everything was still how it used to be, except for some minor adaptations made to keep up with this modern age. The people, however, seemed to be different. Students these days appeared to be more focused on what was happening on these screens they were carrying around all the time than what was happening in the world around them.

Thomas walked through the hallway that would lead him to the door that had a sign saying ‘vice-chancellor’. Below the sign, there was also another one with a familiar name on it, Archibald Stuart. A man that Thomas remembered quite well from his time as a student here. Thomas raised his arm to knock on the door. There was a little issue that he wanted to discuss with Archibald. An issue that he hoped to solve rather sooner than later.

@ARCHIBALD

♔ angie

by **Archibald Kinsley Stuart** Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:04 pm

I hope you don't mind, that I put down in the words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

Nowadays, most of his time was spent in meetings with the board of trustees, faculty heads and whoever else could fit into his schedule. Sometimes his mind travelled back to the days he was still teaching fulltime, which often made an almost nostalgic smile appear onto his face. He missed standing in front of a classroom, even though he thoroughly enjoyed his role as vice-chancellor too.

Just as he was reminiscing, an unexpected knock sounded on the door. Was it already three and was the faculty head for life sciences at his door? No, that would make the man an hour early. So instead Archibald quickly put on his grey suit jacket, appearing as put-together as he could be, before announcing: "Come in!" Little did he know a ghost from his past had re-appeared into his life.

Outfit