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Around the time the rest of Q branch was clearing out to catch to Tube and find their way home before the sun set, Bond wandered in to see if Q was ready.

"They've set the implant for Thursday morning," he said. "Unless something comes up."

As he made his announcement, he picked up a new creation to inspect it.

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"Comfortable enough to forget why you're here?" Bond asked.

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"Close," Q smiled.

In truth, he was doing his best not to think on it at all.

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Bond turned then, pulling Q close to his chest to look in his eyes.

"It's not ideal, I know," he said. "I imagined time together, but not because of this."

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"There's always going to be something like this though. A threat, a problem, a concern..." Q pointed out gently. "That's the life we live."

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"Always," he agreed.

Bond kissed him then, slow and lingering. His hands smoothed over him and Bond smiled.

"I imagine you have some sort of after work routine, hmm?" he asked.

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"Not really," Q admitted. "Sometimes I read, sometimes I code, sometimes I play with the cats..."

Sometimes he hacked into things he shouldn't.

"I don't have a ritual really. Do you?"

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"Not really, no," he said.

He very purposely grabbed Q's ass.

"I'm sure we can fill the time..."

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Q made a surprised sound, then relaxed with a laugh.

"I'm certain that's true," he agreed, tugging a little on James' tie. "I imagine you can conjure up a good time without having to hardly think about it."

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"You certainly think highly of me, Q," Bond chuckled warmly.

"Not every moment is thrilling," he insisted.

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"No? I find you nothing less than a thrill, James. Even when you're making toast," Q replied.

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Bond looked dubious, then shook his head with a laugh.

"Oh dear," he murmured before kissing him again.

He'd been thinking of this all day. Kissing him, at length, in privacy, and he had the excuse that he was supposed to be here. It was perfect.

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"Take me to bed," Q whispered against his lips. "If I'm to be trapped, at least I'm trapped with you, in a nice bed, with good wine and soft pyjamas."

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Bond caught hold of him and lifted him off the floor, kissing his neck as he carried him toward the bedroom.

"Reminds me of fishing off St. Martin," he laughed when Q wasn't perfectly still.

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"Oi, I'm not a fish," Q laughed, deliberately squirming a little bit more.

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Bond held on until he was laughing too much and Q wriggled just so and he set him down.

"Are you sure?" he asked. "Haven't you always wanted to be stuffed and mounted?"

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"Want to hang me on the wall, do you?" Q asked with a laugh. "Don't think you could put those supplies on the expense account."

Tonight he seemed so playful and flirtatious, but then there was a crack of thunder outside, and the boffin's whole body seemed to tense and flinch. His pulse quickened, and it wasn't until the rain began to patter against the windows did he seem to calm down.

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"Not a fan of storms?" Bond asked after the third crash and third flich that Q couldn't entirely hide from him.

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"I don't usually mind them," Q said, a quiet way of admitting he was still a bit shaken from the explosion.

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"Mmm," was the only sound in the dim room. "I imagine I could distract you until it passes..."

Lightning flashed and Bond used the light to catch his face and kiss him through the next crash.

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Q's pulse fluttered, and he wasn't sure if it was the lightning or the kiss. Either way, he held on tight, finding comfort in the other man.

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Bond was quickly and utterly distracted by Q's kiss. His hand crept up under his shirt, and then slipped beneath his waistband.

If he was here for a protection detail, they were both going to get killed.

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Q gasped, instantly putty in Bond's hands.

"James," he moaned. "Please."

The moment the double-o had hands on him, he seemed to just forget it all. The explosion, the safe house, the storm...

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Bond had his shirt off and Q's on its way over his head, lips seeking another kiss before the boffin's face was even free.

"I need you," he admitted quietly.

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"So have me," Q said, wiggling the rest of the way out of his shirt and discarding his glasses. "I'm yours, remember?" he said softly, almost sounding embarrassed as he said it. As though he still couldn't believe James wanted him.

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"That you are," Bond nodded, stripping bare while Q shed his things.

Once his precious glasses were safe, Bond caught Q, twisted him, pivoted, spun him utterly off balance and then took him down to the mattress where the agent pinned him there and then began to kiss the lingering bruise.

"Mine," he whispered against Q's chest. "Don't ever forget."