Date with Alcuin

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He'd done someone a favor, asked them to run a note up to Alcuin's home. It was done on one of the index cards he'd brought over with him, and carefully inked with his precious, precious fountain pen. He was going to miss that when the ink was gone. He'd even made an envelope carefully folded out of a bit of paper.

Rupert Giles requests the

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Alcuin had been fairly surprised to find a messenger at his door, but by the time he'd opened the envelope and read it, he was smiling from ear to ear. He looked out at the sky and judged the time, and then hurried back inside to get ready

[steedtoherpeel]

Giles had managed to sort himself into some kind of casual as well; perfectly pressed trousers, god knew it'd taken him some time to work out how to rig that, and his shirt that'd long since lost its starch. He was barefoot, too, never having really understood the point of shoes on the beach.

He pulled himself to his feet and offered a smile. "Alcuin. I hope you don't think your invitation was a bit silly. I went back and forth six times on it."

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"Not at all. It was..." Alcuin looked thoughtful, searching for the right word. "Well, it was rather romantic, actually." Then he noticed the blanket and what Rupert had spread out. "Oh, you've gone to so much trouble!"

[steedtoherpeel]

"Of course I have." He offered a hand to Alcuin. "Isn't that the point of courting? To make much of one's companion?"

[steedtoherpeel]

When Alcuin drifted off, he allowed himself to mentally drift as well, for a while; it wasn't until he could feel himself losing sensation in his arm that he finally, regretfully shifted. Most everything was packed up in the basket already, so he decided to leave it there while he got Alcuin home.

It wasn't as if theft was a huge problem, after all.

He gently eased himself out from under Alcuin and after a brief debate decided to try to avoid waking him. He lifted him carefully, letting him curl close. It wasn't until he got to the door that he realized he hadn't thought this through. Getting inside would be difficult.

He hoped he wasn't waking anyone up as he tapped on the door with his foot.