The Photo Hut - Thursday

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Since Liz had managed to get a head start on her reports on Tuesday, she was spending some time this morning focusing on her emails and she also did have a new email from Hellboy so in between finishing her reports and her other emails, she was spending a bit of time emailing back and forth with him, there were also new photos of the cats that he had sent over.

She was trying to get as much work done as she could but the new photos of the cats were proving to be especially distracting and she was finding that a lot more interesting than the work she was meant to be doing.

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Prompto had some errands to run that afternoon, some of them Very Important and Very Secret, but at least one of them involved a replacement for the pan he was pretty sure he ruined entirely in his attempt to make the glaze for today's lunch. It turned out fine, in the end, but there had definitely been a few casualties.

"Water," he started, swooping in from upstairs behind the counter, to swing an arm around Liz to set the bottle in front of her beside the keyboard. "Lunch." The other hand deposited the handy bag carrying everything they'd need on the other side.

And last, but certainly not least, he leaned in to drop off a kiss on her cheek.

"Hi."

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Liz smiled brightly as she looked up from the computer when Prompto put down the water and lunch.

Her smile widened when he kissed her cheek, "hi," she turned to look up at him, "thank you for lunch, it smells amazing,"

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"Hopefully," Prompto noted, "it tastes even half as good as it smells, then."

And since he was already there, he was just going to linger for a moment with his chin on Liz's shoulder, peering over at the computer. "Working on anything interesting?"

He was pretty sure he already knew the answer.

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“I am sure it will, I can’t wait to try it,” Liz told him with a smile as she moved the computer so he could get a better look of what she was looking at, which was more photos of Hellboy’s cats.

“I got a bit distracted, Hellboy sent over new photos of the cats, they’re proving to be more interesting than the work I’m supposed to be doing,” she admitted.

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"Yeah," Prompto had to chuckle a little, because photos of cats was absolutely not what he was expecting to see, and, grinning, he turned his head to give Liz one more kiss on the cheek, because he knew once his attention was on those photos, he was going to be good as gone, "I can see how that might be the case! I'd say that's a pretty good distrac--"

So distracting that he didn't even finish that statement before it cut off with an, "Awwwww! Ohmygod. I want to steal all of them. You don't think he'd mind," he chuckled again, "right?"

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Liz giggled at that, "I think if you stole all of them he might mind, even though I'm sure he'd be happy to give you a couple of cats though, he did send extra photos of Leo for you," she went to that part of the email to show Prompto the new photos of Leo.

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"If I get in trouble," Prompto declared, "next time we visit the BPRD and they catch me trying to smuggle cats out in my pockets, I'm totally pegging the blame on you and that you said I could."

But now there was all the melting. Quite possibly also actual heart eyes.

"Look how little he still is!"

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Liz let out another giggle, “well, he couldn’t stay too mad at us right and Rain would get to play with her brothers and sisters all the time rather than when she visits,” she smiled fondly as she looked at the photos, “actually speaking of visiting that was one of the things he wanted to check with us, while he was emailing, he wants to know if we wanted to go for a visit over the holidays maybe Thanksgiving or Christmas?"

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"I was just going to ask about that, actually," Prompto admitted, with a faint grin. And he really was! He just got thoroughly distracted by one of his favorite little guys there to the point where his urge to want to see him again in person was just outweighed by getting to see him now in the pictures. "I wasn't sure if you'd really be feeling up to traveling, but, yeah, I'd love that. They're way more your holidays than mine, too. Seems right, that you'd want to spend them with your family..."

He gave her a soft smile and another light kiss, this one somewhere closer to her forehead. Thanksgiving was already next week, wasn't it? That might throw off some of his plans a little, but honestly, maybe it would be a blessing in disguise. He'd just have to make some adjustments, maybe send out of a few texts or emails of his own before then...

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Liz returned the smile as he kissed her forehead, she leaned closer to him, "then I'll let Hellboy know we'll be visiting, I think Thanksgiving would be easier for travel," she said, "I'm not sure how much I'd be up for travel around Christmas but maybe we could see how it goes?" she paused, "I mean, if you're sure you'll be okay with travelling by portal?" she did remember their conversation about portal trips and she wanted to make sure that Prompto would be okay travelling with her as well.

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"It....does make me a little nervous," Prompto admitted, his smile going just a little strained, and, honestly, he didn't even feel all that sheepish about it, either. Even he could admit that the way his last portal trip had gone would make anyone a little paranoid about it, and with very good reason. "But...."

He breathed out a little. "We'll be together, at least, if anything happens." His arms moved to wrap around her, squeezing a little, but not too tight, and resting his head against her. "That's what matters. And with good people, who are probably better equipped to deal with that kind of portal block than we were. I think I could handle being stuck at the BPRD with you for ten years if it came to that."

Which was funny, because there were definitely some people who would say ten years stuck in New Jersey was the literal definition of hell.

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“We’ll all be together,” Liz assured him, placing a hand on her bump, “if you do feel like you’re not up to travelling, we don’t have to go,” she told him gently, “we can have our own holidays here,”

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"It's totally up to you, babe," Prompto assured her. "I'm good with whatever you feel up to. And I think it might be nice, seeing everyone...and all the cats," he chuckled with this very important distinction, "again. Whatever you want to do, though, okay?"

Especially since he was already starting to come up with a few new ways to take his plans for next week to accommodate.

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“Then if you’re sure, I think I would like to visit everyone at least for Thanksgiving,” Liz smiled warmly, “I think it would be nice to visit everyone,” she paused, “and all the cats,” she added.

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"And all the cats," Prompto echoed, by way of agreement, with a firm, concluding sort of nod. One more kiss on Liz's cheek before he unraveled his arms from around her, went to grab the food he'd brought down, and handed Liz her portion before setting his own on the counter, and then pushing himself up to sit down next to it.

That was, after all, the most important part.

"Is there something we should be bringing?" he wondered. "I don't really remember a whole lot about Thanksgiving at all, if I'm honest."

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Liz gratefully accepted her portion and got comfortable in her chair as she considered his question.

“Maybe if we bring a dessert like last time?” Liz suggested, “I’ll ask Hellboy to make sure there’s nothing else that they’d like us to bring but I think bringing a plate of something wouldn’t hurt,”

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"Maybe," Prompto ventured, grinning a little as he started digging into his food, "we can make something to bring together.

"No one will probably want to eat it," he added, a moment later, around food that was perfectly acceptable that he had just made himself, "but it's the thought that counts."

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“That sounds like a wonderful idea,” Liz smiled as she took a bite of her food, “we could make it a couple of days before, and I know Hellboy will definitely eat it if no one else will,” she added with a grin, “I’m pretty sure he eats just about anything,”

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"I guess we'll get a chance to put that to the test when we see him, then, huh?" Prompto asked with a grin.

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Liz smiled back, “it’s definitely one way to find out, he does love eating. That’s pretty much Clay’s full time job I think, keeping Hellboy fed,” she paused, “well that and keeping him out of trouble,” she added.