Second Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

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Andrew was fixing some fine food: tomato soup and grilled cheese. An American classic. There was a fairly large pot of the soup, and he had enough bread and cheese to share if anyone else was hungry.

There was also some groovy Latin jazz playing, and he was dancing about the kitchen, head bobbing and hips swaying -- sometimes in time with the music. Life was good.

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"I remember seeing it for the first time," he said. "The castle rose in steep black angles out of black rock. Conical roofed towers, battlements and bartizans, portcullis and arrowslit windows... It looked like it was about to go to war all by itself."

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"So it was castle!" Andrew loved castles. "Did you get to explore it? Were there hidden passage ways? Secrete tunnels?"

He had a number of romantic notions about the structures.

"Oh! What about like catapults or trebuchets?"

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"We didn't have any catapults," other than some of Manek's games in the bar, "I don't know what a trebuchet is, and... yes, there were nooks of all kinds, places I found. Other than my chores, I didn't have much else to do. Though, uh, despite how it looked, it was originally supposed to be a waterworks."

He shrugged.

"The stones remembered a lot, however."

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"So did the stones store memories? Kind of like how you're looking to store them for your project?"

Andrew was very interested in Liir's work. He really wanted to see him succeed with his invention.

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He nodded.

"Stones are good at it," he said. "Which is sort of why I thought crystals might work for my project."

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"Makes sense," he commented. "If that one crystal doesn't work, maybe I can convince Mr. Giles to let you exchange it for another one."

He plated up another sandwich. "Do you want another?"

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He looked at the sandwiches thoughtfully.

"Not, but some soup might be nice."

He'd gotten to the point where he didn't immediately scarf down any food nearby out of fear he wouldn't get any more.

"That would be nice. Though the crystal should work. Some from Professor Ambrose's order might work better. I'll just have to see."

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Andrew grabbed a bowl and ladled in some of the steaming soup.

"Do you like crackers with your soup?" he asked. "I think there are some in the cabinet."

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He took the crumbs from his plate and put them into the bowl.

"There. That should do," he said with a faint smile. He didn't like to waste.

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Andrew decided to take a little break from the cooking and enjoy one of the sandwiches himself.

He grabbed one and walked over to share Liir's perch. "So, I was thinking, if you wanted, maybe you could stay over again tonight? I sleep much better when you're there."

That is, of course, when they got around to the sleeping bit.

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He blushed.

"If it helps you sleep."

Though the strange dreams kept happening in Andrew's room. But it couldn't be Andrew's room. Andrew didn't deal with memories or his oddness. He'd... test it tonight.

By sleeping there. Dammit.

"I'd love to. I just need to remember to bring a change for class tomorrow. I'm TA for Miss Lulu's class."

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"Sure thing. I'll even give you a drawer if you want one. I mean, there are two dressers in the room still. I don't need all that space."

He smiled to himself, thrilled that Liir would be with him again tonight.

"Is the soup okay?"

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He took a pointed sip.

"It's very good," he said with a faint smile.

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Andrew took a big bite of his grilled cheese and chewed.

"If I had thought about it, I would have gotten stuff to make funnel cakes for desert," he said.

"Guess that will just have to wait for another day."

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He nodded and leaned against Andrew.

"How was your day? Other than waking up with me and going to Inventiontronics."

Which reminded him that he had to talk to Andrew about last night.

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"Pretty quiet," he said. "I read a little, did a little research for my invention, thought about you..."

He smiled at Liir. "All in all, a good day."

A great day.

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"Thought about me? I get to be listed amongst your accomplishments for the day?"

He was teasing, gently.

And avoiding the topic.

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"You, good sir, are much more than an accomplishment," he said. "You're more like the goal. If I can make you happy, I've had a successful day."

He leaned over and quickly nuzzled his shoulder.

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Liir slung his arm around and ran his hand through Andrew's hair, holding him for a moment as he pressed a kiss into his hair.

He'd talk to Andrew another day. Andrew was happy right now.