The Photo Hut - Thursday

[flamesburned]

After spending most of last week working on the photos from the party, it was time to go back to working on her admin work that had built up over the last couple of weeks with everything that had happened. She was trying to catch up on the last bit of last month’s reports and finish those first before she moved on to starting this month’s reports.

Mostly she was trying to figure out how to explain the Photo Hut turning into a Staples for those few days in her report so that seemed to be taking up most of her time.

[the Photo Hut is open!]

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[hashtag_chocobro]

Upstairs, it had been a morning of some really thumping, make-you-want-to-move tunes as Prompto reveled in one of his few mornings off to help inspire Noctra to get moving, although it really just led to a lot of adorable butt-wiggling and babble-singing that you know what? He was going to take it, she was clearly picking up the groove that he was putting down, and they had a good time with it and he sometimes wondered if he was getting so into singing along that Liz might be able to hear him from downstairs in the shop.

And eventually, that translated into the usual bopping around the kitchen to whip up some chicken salad sandwiches, which be brought down for her around lunchtime, with Noctra tucked against his hip and clearly tuckered out from the way she looked like she was ready to doze off right against his shoulder, and he announced, "I think she maybe managed to scoot, like, a few inches, but then there was a cat, and it was floomp central after that."

He grinned, setting down the food on the counter as he swept in to sneak in a kiss against Liz's head, and greeted her with a bright, "Also? Hi."

[flamesburned]

Liz was grateful for the chance for a break and smiled fondly up at Noctra and Prompto, "awwww," she said as she cooed softly to Noctra as she noticed how tired she looked resting on Prompto's shoulder, "looks like someone's had a busy morning," she smiled and looked back up at Prompto, her smile widening at that kiss, "and hi," she said fondly.

[hashtag_chocobro]

"A lot of movin' and groovin' and shakin'," Prompto confirmed, with a crooked grin and a firm nod and a little gentle brush of his fingers across Noctra's brow to get some of that dark hair of her out of her eyes. "And cookin', of course. I think we'll both have a nice nap after lunchtime, won't we, nugget?"

And, really, you couldn't have asked for better timing on that big old yawn that came out of her next.

He then grinned back at Liz, shaking his head a little because, like, how much more perfect could yet get? Of course, he knew by now that that meant they had maybe five minutes before she started getting cranky and crying and restless, but, hey, in this moment? Beautiful.

"How've things been down here?"

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Liz smiled fondly at that yawn, “that does sound like a good way to spend the afternoon,” she said as she gazed back up at Prompto, “and things have been alright here, just trying to finish the last of the reports from last month, I still haven’t figured out a way to explain the Photo Hut turning into a Staples,” she admitted.

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"'The Photo Hut turned into a Staples for x amount of days,'" Prompto suggested with a faint snort. "Keep it simple, keep it sweet. I mean, who're these reports for? Broom? He's probably going to accept that as valid an explanation as any. It's not like he doesn't know what it's like around here, right?"

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“That’s true,” Liz admitted, “I’m not sure if the BPRD even gets audited so I think Professor Broom is the only one who’ll read the reports,”

[hashtag_chocobro]

"I bet," said Prompto, with a little bit of a snickering chuckle, "Manning reads them, too, but, you know, for fun. But he probably has to stop and take a break a lot before the excitement gets to be too much for him."

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Liz giggled at that as she tried to imagine, "you know he probably does read them, I think he actually enjoys reading all the different reports that the BPRD gets,"

[hashtag_chocobro]

"You should let me write the next one," Prompto said, still snickering, and bouncing Noctra a little as she started to show those first signs of being annoyed with boring parental conversations that weren't focus on her when she could be sleeping in her crib with all her soft squishy aminals right now. "I'l sneak in a bunch of stuff, just to see if he notices."

[flamesburned]

Liz noticed those signs and cooed softly at Noctra for a few moments as she grinned back up Prompto, "you know I'm really curious to see if he would notice" she giggled, "and I definitely wouldn't object to having a break from writing the report,"

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto also tried to soothe some of those little whines and wiggles with a flurry of little kisses into Noctra's neck, but that only seemed to pull out of her was a whimper, which turned into a wail, which turned inti a full-on meltdown.

"Oof," said Prompto, "okay, harsh."

He gave Liz an apologetic smile. "Lemme just go and get her settled in for a nap, and then I'll come right back down and we can crush these sandos. Think you can wait til then?"

[flamesburned]

Liz looked sympathetically up at Prompto as she tried to soothe Noctra as much as she could but realised that wasn't going to help, "I think I can wait until then," she assured him and gave a quick kiss as she did, being mindful of Noctra as she leant in.