Open RP: Great Hall: It's Alive!

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

The circles under his eyes are more pronounced than usual today. L slips into the Great Hall, to get himself a pot of tea. Once it arrives, he sits and pauses, to wait for it to steep. It needs to be stronger than this.

He's been pushing himself on a case the past few days. It's resolved now, but it was the first real challenge he's had since moving here, so he may have dropped off the face of the earth a little. Time to emerge and make sure everyone is still alive and well.

As soon as the tea is finished steeping, that is.

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[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Okay. Fair enough."

It makes more sense than 'I've been awake for three days, I want to go flying'.

"You want cakes, or something proper?"

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"Strawberries?"

The next best thing from cake, and a little healthier.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

Matt laughs, and gets up to chase down a house elf. He returns a few moments later with a very large bowl of strawberries and some shortbread, which bears a passing resemblance to real food while still being mostly made out of sugar.

"For justice, and all that."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"I do love you."

Not only because Matt brings him food, too.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

Matt snickers, and steals a quick kiss as he sets the bowl down.

"Love you too. I hope you don't say that to everyone who gives you strawberries."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"Only handsome, begoggled redheads."

Letting his hand linger on Matt's arm.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

He laughs, looking pleased and just a little pink.

"If I see any of those wandering around with baskets of strawberries I'll be sure to take them out, then."

He's also totally cool with the hand-lingering, incidentally.

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"For my safety? So I'm not overcome and seduced?"

With the other hand, he sips his tea.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Something like that, yeah. And they might have a really big basket of strawberries. I might not be able to compete."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"I love you more than strawberries," he tells him, which for L is romantic.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

Another laugh.

"You missed me, then? I missed you. If you weren't about to fall over I'd drag you off for an adventure or something."

Or - more likely - encourage L to drag him off on an adventure. Talking about doing cool shit is usually enough for Matt.

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"I'm not that bad."

He hopes.

"When I wake up again, we should go to Nice."

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"I'd like that. And... I dunno, you're probably not on the verge of collapse or anything, but I bet you pass out almost as soon as we get to bed. I'll time you."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"You're probably right."

And not just because L falls asleep fast.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"I totally am." Matt steals a strawberry. "You should listen to your awesome, completely right boyfriend. Besides, I like falling asleep with you."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"Eat more of those," L urges, subtly. Yes. Ninja feeding plan.

"And that's not the difficult part. I just don't want you to wake up and die of boredom."

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

He smiles at that, taking another strawberry. "Aw. You do love me."

He's in a sort of silly mood, apparently.

"It's not a problem. If we're in my room, I can always just grab my DS or something. And, uh. My bed's a bit bigger now. So we won't be as squashed."

Although the rest of Matt's room is a little squashed. It seemed unfair to get himself a bigger bed without getting Koopa a bigger basket.

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"Do you want to move more things into my room?"

Which is now beginning to explode with computer monitors and books.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Nah." He's seen the additions to L's room, of course. "I'll just... I dunno, maybe look for a bigger room or something. Hopefully on the same corridor."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"I like having you right next door. Maybe we could knock out a wall."

It might be a plan.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"You mean, like - a door joining the two rooms right together? Or...?"

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"That would probably be more practical. There's no one on that side of you, is there? And that wall might be weightbearing."

Hmm.

"If we put a door into it, you could make it an electronics room. I could put my books in it too, we could both have more space."

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"You could move in with me."

... wait. That isn't what he'd planned to say. But since he has said it,

"I mean - if I have two rooms. And bought a huge bed. And you could keep your own room for working and shit, or just chilling out, but kind of... mostly live with me? If you wanted. Or... whatever."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

L leans over, and kisses him, not shyly or particularly softly. This isn't a tender or shy kiss, it's an exuberant 'you're ridiculous and wonderful' kiss.

"It depends on whether Koopa jumps up on the bed or not. I love you, I don't know if I love your dog."

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Koopa could sleep in the electronics room. I've warded the shit out of everything I've got, it probably wouldn't get destroyed."

He's grinning, delighted and a little disbelieving, because L's entertaining the notion and he's so stupidly in love right now. He leans in for another kiss.