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[temporal_affairs]

Here they are, having a cute post-death reunion!

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[temporal_affairs]

"Mm, babe, I remind you about the aforementioned mate bond patching thing."

[manofmyword]

"Even for snuggles?" he asks, semi-plaintively.

[temporal_affairs]

"Is it a big deal? I didn't think it mattered to you either way," says Timer quizzically.

[manofmyword]

"It doesn't matter a lot. But I don't wanna switch right now, and I do wanna snuggle you..."

He ponders this dilemma, letting go of Timer in the meantime.

[temporal_affairs]

Timer shrugs. "I can hug you whichever way, but I know where you and me snuggling goes, babe."

[manofmyword]

He laughs.

"I'll switch if we go there," he promises, and resumes hug.

[temporal_affairs]

Hugs.

[manofmyword]

Snuggly hugs. Snuggly nuzzly hugs. Snuggly nuzzly ooooh he sees what Timer meant, there.

[yourheartstrings]

Now he feels like switching.

[temporal_affairs]

Ah-ha. There we go.

Timer is not a vampire anymore and cannot throw the Joker around quite so effectively, but he can still acquit himself tolerably well, he thinks.

[yourheartstrings]

No complaints.



Eventually, they are curled up in Timer's bed, snuggling contentedly.

"Mind if I switch back for this part?" she murmurs, pillowing her head on his shoulder.

[temporal_affairs]

"If you want," Timer yawns.

[manofmyword]

He switches back.

"Love you, sweetie."

[temporal_affairs]

"Love you too, babe."

Mate bond is toast, but it left marks.

[manofmyword]

The Joker likes marks.

[temporal_affairs]

Timer would find that funny if either of them had spoken instead of narrating, and if he were not falling asleep.

[manofmyword]

Sleep! Aww, he sleeps now. That is adorable. The Joker is going to sleep with him.

[temporal_affairs]

Timer sleeps for an hourlong nap - he was after all in the middle of having a nap when the Joker interrupted - and then awakens.

[manofmyword]

The Joker is wrapped around him like a cuddly anaconda, per his usual.

He's smiling in his sleep.

[temporal_affairs]

Aww. Let's see, what was Timer gonna do today? He has a whiteboard he uses as a calendar, because he can't remember all the timings he's checked in his head without vampire mnemonic fidelity. He can see it from his bed. Visiting Fractal, going to the restaurant - he checks them again. They can wait. He stays put with the Joker.

[manofmyword]

Cuddly cuddly cuddly zzzzzz.

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan's kinda stuck. Oh well. He goes back to sleep too, for another hour.

[manofmyword]

This time, it's the Joker who wakes up first.

He doesn't see this as a good reason to decuddle.

[temporal_affairs]

Timer follows suit soon enough and yawns. "Oh, you're up. Hullo. Hungry? I am."

[manofmyword]

"Yep," he says. "...Hey, I can make you dinner! Can I make you dinner?"