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Anders looked pretty out of it today; that was the side effect of getting stuck and then lost in Special Collections for a week, only to extricate himself a couple of hours before class.

"Guys, it's been a week," he said, even sounding pretty ragged. "I had big plans to show you another sport from Earth's future but, ah, the library foiled me on digging up any information on that one so I haven't had time to prep anything different. Sorry." He was still sure there was a frakkin' pterodactyl in there somewhere, or what he thought sounded like one anyway.

He indicated the A/V setup near the bleachers, and the balls and equipment laid out in the gym. "So you guys get a free day today. There's like five hundred sports channels that you can check out if you feel like making a movie day out of it instead of heading that way and having open gym day."

As for him, he was going to sit down on the bleachers, practically hugging a cooler of Gatorade all to himself.

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By the time Anders was done explaining, Henry was ready to brick Special Collections up himself. Well, either brick it up or just toss a Moloto Cocktail back in there, he wasn't feeling especially fussy.

"... there's a shipwreck back in there?" he repeated, then laughed. He'd hold off on destruction. Maybe it would be better to explore. "Anders, do you ever get to missing being the weirdest thing in the room?"

"I've never been the weirdest thing in the room," said poor unsuspecting Anders with a chuckle of his own. "So I wouldn't know what it is to miss it. Do have to say I miss being regular ol' me after the last week."

He scratched at a spot behind his ear. "I didn't actually see the shipwreck. Nice bit of beach, though."

"So it was like a very strange, unexpected vacation," Henry said, trying for levity. "Except ... not that at all."

He moved to clap Anders on the shoulder. "I'm happy regular ol' you got out. I was starting to wonder if I should file a missing persons report."

"Ah, thanks, man. Didn't mean to worry anyone. You'd have had to deal with a cranky demon demanding to know what happened to me if I'd been gone much longer, first," Anders mused, "so it's a good thing I got out when I did."

For both of them.

"Wasn't bad, actually. Really took me back to my student days." One should not sound quite so nostalgic about getting trapped in the library for a week. It made disclaimers of being normal sound suspect.

"And somehow people who graduate from here go home and function in their societies," Henry said, almost about to leave. Then he decided he had to ask the question itching at his brain.

"... literally, a cranky demon?"

It was a preposterous notion, wasn't it?

"Literally. Boyfriend," Anders said by way of possibly too casual explanation. "Not evil, though."

"Oh, well," Henry said. "Then that's okay."

He was going to take the casual tone and run with it and not look back.

"Let me know if I can help you with any future research projects, okay?"

Run, Henry! Run fast!

"Next time, I'll check in first," Anders answered, saluting jauntily.

". . . and bring a backpack in with me."

"I'll stick some dried fruit and peanut butter crackers on the shelves just inside the entrance," Henry said, returning the salute with a wave. "See you around, Anders."

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