His smile is soft, but he nods. "It's... a bit odd, but I rather suspect you'll get used to it. I had to look round the room when you used the term Papa just now. That should be my dad, not me."
Without all their appointments and belongings, this flat looks strangely foreign to him. "I've a week between assignments. Is there anywhere you'd care to go, anything you're aching to do? Go to Paris, tell your mum and sister? They were so thrilled when we popped round and told them we were married; I thought Gabrielle was likely to have my head on a silver platter. How do you suppose they'll take this news?"
There was one sure way to find out. Curse-breaking takes a good bit of defiance of danger and an equal amount of bravery, but it doesn't hold a candle to facing his in-laws.
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Date: 2006-06-11 01:42 am (UTC)Without all their appointments and belongings, this flat looks strangely foreign to him. "I've a week between assignments. Is there anywhere you'd care to go, anything you're aching to do? Go to Paris, tell your mum and sister? They were so thrilled when we popped round and told them we were married; I thought Gabrielle was likely to have my head on a silver platter. How do you suppose they'll take this news?"
There was one sure way to find out. Curse-breaking takes a good bit of defiance of danger and an equal amount of bravery, but it doesn't hold a candle to facing his in-laws.