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Originally written as comment!fic for [personal profile] the_muppet, this is speculation about what the boys will be doing instead of attending Expo this month. Composed entirely of silly fluff and contains not a shred of truth.

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It's a relief not to have to attend Expo this time round. It isn't that he minds the fans or the questions, but Colin's been run ragged since May, and they're still in Cardiff doing pick-ups, so he is more than glad to let the girls shuttle off to London to take on the responsibility of being professional and representing the show.

Bradley's off the hook, too, which is a happy coincidence. They'd originally planned to maybe take the train with Angel and Katie to London, and go and do things that would make them feel very culturally responsible and informed, like check out the National Maritime Museum or try to hunt down Catherine Howard's ghost at Hampton Court, but as the Expo weekend approached, neither of them had felt very much up to bettering themselves, and had agreed upon being complete layabouts instead.

When Colin calls him mid-morning on their day off to see if he wants to hang out at the hotel's indoor pool for a while, however, Bradley's not only awake, but out gallivanting on his own.

"I've just got some errands to run; I should be back before lunch, so I'll come and find you then, all right?" says Bradley, and leaves it at that. It's not curt, but it's unusual. Most of the time, when Colin gets him on the phone while he's out of doors and there's nothing of particularly high importance to talk about, he will narrate to Colin everything happening around him. It's why Colin knows how to navigate Bradley's neighbourhood in Devon despite never having visited (he will, one day), and that there's a particularly good busker at the Paddington tube station on Wednesdays (Bradley had got her to sing into the phone), and that somewhere out there is a stray dog that looks exactly like a rat (photographic evidence still pending).

So Colin goes to the pool by himself, gets in enough laps to feel reasonably accomplished and, on his way out, winks at a group of small children who keep staring at him, possibly unsure what to do with a person who looks exactly like Merlin but who can't really be him, because Merlin's off at Camelot, obviously.

He's just finished a quick shower when his mobile beeps at him; it's Bradley.

Back, says the text message.

Thirty seconds later, PS: Coconuts migrate.

Colin's brows knit together, and he looks around his room briefly like this will help him decipher the text. It's been a while since they've watched that Monty Python, so they're not exactly in one of their movie-quoting frenzies, and he's not sure whether he's being told this as a fact, or Bradley's accidentally sent him a message meant for someone else, or Bradley's maybe done himself a head injury. Finally, he sends back, Are you on drugs?

There's no reply after this, so there's clearly no choice but to go to Bradley's room and check on his mental well-being. Colin shuffles down the corridor and knocks.

"Password," Bradley demands from within.

"What?"

"Password, Colin."

Colin throws up his hands, bewildered. His phone is in one of them, and he peers at it suspiciously. "Er. Coconuts migrate?" he hazards.

The door yawns open. "No points for enthusiasm, Morgan, but I'll accept it."

Bradley's room is a mess, which isn't anything out of the ordinary, but this time it's a carefully constructed mess. There are pillows and chairs and cushions all askew, and blankets and sheets strewn over everything.

Enlightenment dawns on him only a split second before delight sets in. "You built a fort," Colin says, kind of amazed at all the trouble Bradley's gone through to surprise him, and Bradley's wide grin sparks a warm little flame in him that he has to hide with a laugh.

Between the Harry Potter book they read by torchlight, the epic debate they have over whether custard creams or chocolate digestives are better (Bradley had purchased both, specifically to start this fight) and Colin's Lego pirates making Bradley's Han Solo Lego walk the plank, Colin's pretty sure he's having the best day of his life, and the National Maritime Museum can stuff it. He's got a fort and he's got Bradley, and he's never been happier.

on 2009-10-09 04:10 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] aeroport_art.livejournal.com
*hugs the boys* Love the seekrit password XD Adorable.

on 2009-10-09 08:31 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
Hee, thank you. I quite enjoy writing them when they're acting like 8 year olds. :D

on 2009-10-09 04:36 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] accordingtomel.livejournal.com
Yeah, so I keep reading your RPS stuff. Dude, I don't even like RPS but for some reason I'm good with it when you write it! :D (Probably because you're a brilliant writer and I can't seem to NOT read whatever you write 'cause it's just that awesome! ;D) Also, I think the fact that it's mostly somewhat more of a friendship fic makes it make sense in my head, hehe!

Anyway, that was very cute. I almost died of laughter at the "are you on drugs" text! Also, Bradley being a dork with the password like they're 10. And the reading of Harry Potter and playing Lego and now the pillow fort? *dies* Too adorable! I quite enjoyed this :D

on 2009-10-09 08:37 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
LOL, I'll get you hooked on RPS yet! Friendship fic = gateway drug. It's totally part of my master plan. :D

Thanks for your comments! I like to write things that amuse me, and it's always awesome when somebody else finds it funny too. :)

on 2009-10-09 05:27 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] gwy.livejournal.com
AHAHAHA OMG OMG BOYS. SO CUTE AND SO FUNNY. AWWW that was ADORABLE :D ♥ Thanks for making my morning, hon! *goes back to work*

on 2009-10-09 08:42 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
HEE, glad to be of service, bb! :) Thanks for reading! ♥

on 2009-10-09 07:27 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] gealach-ros.livejournal.com
A fort???? Bradley, how cute is that? *melts*
Oh boys, why so adorable? ❤

I know many fans hoped for them to be at the Expo (me included) but now I'm just glad they don't have to go and have time to spend the day in their fort. They deserve a proper time-out after all these months of filming...

Thank you so much for sharing this with us, sweetie! :D

on 2009-10-09 08:52 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
I think Bradley would be a champion pillow fort builder. And they're both rather a lot bigger than the last time either of them was in a pillow fort, so they keep knocking parts of it over accidentally, but it's okay because building it again is half the fun anyway. :)

Yeah, the boys really deserve a break, though it's a shame for the fans who were travelling to Expo specifically to see them!

Thank you for stopping by to read and comment! ♥

on 2009-10-09 07:34 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] the-muppet.livejournal.com
Not a shred of truth?

Phbt.

It's all true and it's WONDERFUL!

*hugs muchly*

Edited on 2009-10-09 07:34 am (UTC)

on 2009-10-09 08:54 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
Not a shred of truth? Phbt.

LOL, I see your icon!Colin's not having any of that either.

*hugs hugs* ♥

on 2009-10-09 08:59 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] the-muppet.livejournal.com
My icon!Colin had much fun playing in Bradley's fort and won't tolerate anyone claiming it didn't happen.

=)

on 2009-10-09 09:10 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
Sorry, icon!Colin, won't happen again. Have an icon!Bradley peace offering. :)

on 2009-10-09 07:38 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com
Fort-making, HP reading-under-tent Colin/Bradley is utterly adorable! ♥♥♥ Gives me warm melty feeling inside.

on 2009-10-09 08:55 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
Hurrah, mission accomplished! :) Thanks for stopping by!

on 2009-10-14 03:07 am (UTC)
ext_29545: by [info]keeraa (Default)
Posted by [identity profile] opusnone.livejournal.com
Yummy and absolutely adorable (and a vote for chocolate digestives).

on 2009-10-15 01:32 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
Thanks very much! Chocolate digestives are pretty tasty...

on 2009-12-05 01:00 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] theanswer42.livejournal.com
...he will narrate to Colin everything happening around him.
SAY WHAT YOU SEE!

Anyway, this is fantastic and brilliant and funny and adorable and all that good stuff (as all your work seems to be that I am reading en masse right now. Sorry.)

on 2009-12-06 12:14 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
Thanks so much! And especially for being so diligent about commenting for each fic. :)

on 2009-12-06 02:27 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] theanswer42.livejournal.com
I'm glad you don't mind that I do that. I feel annoying, but I need to express my love!
I'll comment on the rest of them when I get around to reading them (possibly tonight, heh, instead of studying for my exam...whoops...hehhe)
:D

on 2010-04-29 07:48 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] persephone33.livejournal.com
This is so cute I can't stand it. *hugs you*

*hugs them*

*hugs them again*

on 2010-04-30 06:19 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] adelagia.livejournal.com
HEE *hugs back*

They are so, so adorable I just want to squish them all the time and feed them cookies.

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