Interim
Interim adjective - Intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time.
Both words in one sentence
- A Flashback reveals that he thought working at the Krusty Krab would be a mere interim until his artist career took off, and smugly laughed at the possibility that it wouldn't.
Source: Fatal Flaw - Link is a gunsword-wielding intelligence agent working for Hylian Joint Intelligence, who is reassigned to Zelda as an interim bodyguard after her original bodyguard was killed in a secret mission tasked to him by Joint Intelligence.
Source: Fanfic / Exoria -
In fact, pretty much every job he took in the interim was done purely for the money so he could continue working on his labor of love (which certainly explains the likes of Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure).
Source: Saved from Development Hell
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