75 Godiva Street, Saturday Afternoon

[geniuswithasmartphone]

So, everything was terrible again. Hardison was pretty sure that Tony and his TA were evil, Eliot had brought home a version of Kathy that needed babysitting a lot more than she needed to be out heroing, there were slugs pretty much everywhere, and last night Eliot had insisted they all sleep down in the panic room in the basement. Which was actually more like a 'panic suite' because Eliot had built it and he was kind of extra about things, but even so, it was a little more claustrophobic than Hardison was comfortable with. He'd found himself calculating how much air was available in their hidey hole, which wasn't something he'd done since they'd moved from Portland.

That itchy restlessness hadn't left him, even when they'd all come back upstairs for brunch. He needed to get out for a little while. Do something. Spend some time in the open air while feeling useful. So once the meal was over, Hardison grabbed for his jacket and his laptop bag. A walk across the island to the school for some quality research time would hopefully settle him.

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[whoisalicewhite]

"Argh," Parker mumbled. She pulled back a little to look at Hardison. "Call when you get there. And, call when you leave. Or maybe Eliot will want to pick you up then, we can negotiate it? And text if you figure out the Raven thing. And... Ugh, just. Tell me if there's something I can help with that isn't just trying to keep Eliot from coming unglued some more."

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"I will," Hardison promised. "An' I'mma let y'all know anything useful that we find out first thing." He paused. "Should I definitely come home?" he asked. "Or would it be better for me to hunker down at the library?"

[whoisalicewhite]

Ugh. Parker thought about that, hard. Weighed Eliot's sanity versus actual danger, and came up with, "I think you better stay, maybe. The Library's one of the safest places, you'd be with other people, you could be in Special Collections if you had to, so." Okay, that got him a bony awkwardly tight hug. "But you still gotta call."

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"I will," Hardison promised, clinging to her, awkward bones and all. "Better, I'll put in the earbuds an' not turn 'em off. Y'all will hear me breathin' when we sleep, even."

[whoisalicewhite]

"Ohwowyesplease," Parker said, giving him a fast kiss. "I wasn't going to push. But. Eliot's not the only one who'd like that."

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Earbuds are a reasonable request," Hardison assured her. "Always. Plus, then I can keep an ear out for y'all, too. I'll work hard knowin' that you're all safe in here."