Office Hours, Monday, 3/9

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It was Monday and a slightly bruised Tyler was in his office, idly mentally replaying the spars from the day before. He still couldn't believe someone actually wrestled a wolf; that was taking the whole man-vs-nature thing a little far for his tastes.

But he supposed hitting a teenage girl for fun was up there on the craziness scale, too.

The office door was open, and he was ready for any distraction.

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"I'll forgive you," Tyler said, reaching for the package and starting to unwrap it. "How was the cruise, anyhow? I feel like I had the invisible housemate since you got back."

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"Yeah, I don't know," she said taking seat. "Been feeling pretty quiet since I've been back."

She shrugged a little. "Guess I still have cruise-lag or something like it. You do anything fun on break?"

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"We went to Vegas and fought Nazi bees," Tyler said, and he was even telling the truth.

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"... I'm not going to ask," She said after taking a moment. "Because-"

And another moment.

"Okay. Nazi bees. How does a bee become a Nazi? And what were you doing trying to steal Nazi honey?"

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Tyler gave her an injured look. "Do I look nearly fucking dumb enough to steal Nazi honey? It was this dude made out of bees trying to rob a casino. If your boss ever makes you travel, ask for combat pay."

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Lindsay sighed. "I'm not saying you're dumb? But what am I supposed to think when you say Nazi bees and-"

...

"Seriously. He was made out of bees?"

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"He was a skeleton covered in bees. And a cloak," Tyler said. "... and now I'm wondering how the fuck he talked."

He finally got the package open. "Aw, Boxer, it's just my color."

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"I'm not going to lie to you. I got it from the boat gift shop right before we left the boat for Fandom," Lindsay admitted. "Because I spent a week hopping from island to island and I suck at getting gifts. So how'd you stop Nazi Bee guy? Raid?"

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"I wish we'd had Raid. Stark hot-wired the sprinklers and bam, drowning, dying bees," Tyler said. "And then this creepy eyepatch guy showed up to clean up the mess. I'm serious: Combat pay."

He shook the shirt in the light as if that would make it prettier. "How were the islands?"

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"Honestly? It was a little boring," she admitted. "I mean yeah they had swimming, spas and whatnot but that only interested me for about ten minutes. So I spent most of it shooting clay pigeons on deck. Got a nice tan though. You win any money or go to any shows in Vegas or was it all about the bees?"

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"Sounds like I didn't miss much," Tyler said. "I came out about fifty cents ahead at blackjack. Spent it on a candy bar. Tony made us go to Armani. but mostly, it was a lot of lying around."

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"Armani, huh?" she said with a smirk. "Sounds like he made the bee stings worth it. Or at least I'm assuming there were stings."

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"Apparently Tony Stark's entourage does not shop at Old Navy," Tyler said, still sounding a little sour about the whole thing. "And yeah, there were stings all up and down my arms and a couple on my neck. Fun times."

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"Well at least you got a free suit, right?" Lindsay said sympathetically. "And at least you're not allergic to bees."

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"Thank God none of us were," Tyler had to admit. "I don't need to come back from Vegas swollen up like that blueberry girl in the chocolate factory movie."

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"I don't think there's enough benadryl in the world for that kind of reaction," Lindsay smirked. "Plus they'd have to re-tailor your suit."

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"Yeah, and they'd have to roll me back onto the plane," Tyler said. "It would be embarrassing."

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"Well you could still be the skeleton with a body of bees," she pointed out. "Can't tell me that's hard to ignore."

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"No, I don't think he gets to go out in public much."

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Lindsay gave him a grin. "I imagine. So. Am I going to see you in this Armani suit any time soon?"

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Tyler took a deep breath, deciding the worst she could say was no. "We could do a housemate night out," he suggested. "Italian place is nice."

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"You mean I don't get a fashion show at home?" she teased. "Oh well. I guess an Italian dinner wouldn't be so bad."

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"I could put it on then break down your door to get you to undress me, but I think that's your thing," he teased. "C'mon. I'll even spring for the wine that didn't come in a jug."

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"Okay. I'm going to wait for a time when something dumb happens to you and you're never going to bring up the leather pants again," she said with a groan. "And you so are buying the wine."

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"I asked you out, I'll buy the wine," Tyler said gallantly. "I'm not going to get any big guys with dreadlocks after me, am I?"

Not that he would mind that. He just liked being forewarned.