Denver...somewhere

[sharp_as_knives]

"I told them we had an unexpected emergency," Hannibal said as they approached the library. "I thought the details might prove a bit much." It hadn't been until Tuesday that Hannibal had gotten to the point in his list that included 'make excuses to library'. While he'd wanted to assure them that only a very serious problem would have kept them away, 'we were kidnapped by aliens' hadn't seemed a good idea.



[OOC: NFB due to distance, for the partner guy!]

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[furnaceface]

//Let's,// Jono replied. //Maybe I'll pick up something utterly ridiculous this week and then spend the rest of my time wondering what in the world I was thinking when I did so.//

[sharp_as_knives]

"In which case I'll remind you," Hannibal said, "you were giddy at the thought of more weekends reading to children."

[furnaceface]

//I do not get 'giddy,'// Jono protested. //... Though if I did, I suppose this would be the thing to do it.//

He'd been giddy.

[sharp_as_knives]

"No?" Hannibal asked. "Hm. It must be my mistake, then. Not even if I were to mention how pleased they were to see you?"

[furnaceface]

//... Maybe if you mentioned that,// Jono allowed. //How pleased they were to see us, even.//

They'd been too bloody adorable for words, hadn't they?

[sharp_as_knives]

They had been, yes.

"There, you see? I'll remind you of that." Hannibal grinned; Jono was nearly that adorable himself.

[furnaceface]

//And that'll explain bloody near everything,// Jono agreed.

... Giddily.

[sharp_as_knives]

"It will." Really, the giddier Jono got, the more amused Hannibal got.

And he'd simply have to pull out his phone and get a picture. Purely for his own sake, and not at all so that he could send it to Karla or Jubilee.