The next morning when Bond leaves Q, the younger man is more relaxed and content, and maybe a little sleepy after James' gentle morning ministrations. They arrange for Q to work from home, so the young man hooked up two more monitors to his laptop in order to work. Not that he was in the mood to work when James left. Feeling quite proud of himself, the Alpha reports in to work, knowing that he won't be on missions but M wanted him to be around MI6 in case he was needed for something else.

A quick workout to keep himself focused, and then a shower is in order before James heads up to visit with his favorite former field agent. "Miss Moneypenny." He greets the younger woman, taking his spot perched on the edge of her desk and looking far too pleased with himself.

Moneypenny looks up and shakes her head with amusement. After Skyfall, she found her own Alpha in the medical department, and has been happily mated for quite some time. Which means her and Bond's flirting is merely harmless, but amusing nonetheless.

"I'm glad to see that you're not going to wait for Q's Heat to break him in, that could have been very painful." Moneypenny says with a little grin, pretty much everyone in MI6 knowing about Bond and Q at this point. Eve smiles as she looks up at him. "You look rather smug this morning, must have been a good evening. You'll be happy to know that 004 has been relieved of duty pending a full review, including psychological workup. The likely outcome is that he'll be demoted." She says as she watches Bond carefully.

James smirks a little as he looks down at the woman. "Oh, it wasn't easy, Q is far more stubborn than you might think. He's been in need of an Alpha though. Our dear Quartermaster is a very different man at home." he admits honestly in a thoughtful tone. "I suppose you could call him a bit of a throwback, as far as his Omega side goes." He says with a little grin.

"And seeing as you are a throwback altogether, I bet you get along swimmingly." Eve says with amusement. "No wonder you are a perfect pair. It's a good decision, by the way, making him work from home. R has taken over the day-to-day things in Q-branch that require an actual person, but she's got her earpiece in. I'm sure Q has eyes and ears enough all over." She says with a little smirk of amusement. "So have you thought about how this is going to change you? It's obvious how possessive you are. Is going into the field going to be a problem, leaving Q here all along with the big, bad Alpha's?" She's playing with fire a bit and she knows it, but she can't help but smirk at him. "And how will he be able to deal with your seduction techniques?"

"Those things have already been dealt with, Eve." Bond says with a slight smirk. "Once I've claimed Q, I won't have to worry about it as much, he won't be as appealing to other Alpha's, as he is now." For a few moments, Bond looks out the single window in Moneypenny's office, before he looks back at her. "And Q is fine with what I do in the field, as long as I clean up before I see him. I doubt he's happy but he knows it's my job. We sort of found that out before I even realized he was unmated and looking for an Alpha.." he says thoughtfully. "He didn't react well when I came back smelling like perfume or something of the sort that was proof I'd been with a woman. He was quite hateful whenever it happened." Bond says thoughtfully as he remembers the way Q would react.

Eve laughs a little. "I'm not sure if I want more details or less.." She says with a little grin as she leans forward on her desk, glancing Bond over slowly. "I'm sure he was equally surprised that an Alpha like you didn't have an Omega waiting for him at home. Or maybe he didn't think you'd want one." She offers as she watches him, tilting her head slightly.

"It seems the world is full of surprises. Are there any tips you can give me for the upcoming week?" Bond asks with a slight grin, knowing some things already, but he's not sure if it works differently when you're helping your mate through Heat rather than just someone random, which Bond did once or twice in his youth.

Eve laughs a little. "Keep water in the bedroom. Change the sheets often, when you have lucid moments." She says with a slight smirk as she watches the man in front of her. "Get finger food. Things you can eat quickly without a lot of preparation. Or things you can feed to eachother, that is always good, too. You can get two things accomplished at once that way." She says with a little laugh. "I would say buy chocolate, but I think that's just a female Omega thing." She explains as she watches Bond, highly amused with all of this, obviously.

James nods a little as he takes that advice seriously before he watches Eve, arching an eyebrow. "You are not getting details." he says in a firm tone as he watches her. "What happens between Q and I outside of MI6 remains between us." he says as he watches Eve. "Well.. he can share with you what he likes, but I won't reveal a thing." he says thoughtfully as he looks around for a few moments. "To be honest, Eve, I'm bloody useless right now. Q is home, so he's safe, I can't go on a mission because of the reason Q is at home right now..." he says as he thinks about it. "There's only so much exercise and target practice a person can do."

"And you can't go home because then Q would kill you for distracting him." Eve says playfully with a little laugh as she looks at him. "So I take it you've moved into your place, then? It is traditional for the Omega to move in with their Alpha." She says as she sits back in her seat a little.

"No. Well. Yes. For now, he's been staying at my place. But after his Heat is over, he wants to look for a flat, or a house for us. So neither of us has to feel like we're giving up our home, instead we'll be forming a new one." Bond admits, looking down at the floor for a few moments, a bit embarrassed at how that sounds, and that he's admitting it to Eve of all people.

At this, Eve perks up. "Ohhh.. a place of your own, between your salaries, I'm sure you can afford something nice." She says as she looks at him. "Why don't you waste some of your time looking at things, then? You'll want something in London, not too far from work, knowing you two. I would suggest a house rather than a flat, but I'm not sure you'll find that." She says with a little laugh. "I am sure Q will want to do some improvements to whatever it is before you move in, security and the like." She says with amusement.

And of course, stupidly, this was not something that James considered. "I suppose that would take up a great deal of time, wouldn't it?" he asks with a little chuckle. "Don't know of any comfortable, private place I could do this, would you?" He pauses, before he smirks a little. "Nevermind, I know just the place. Thank you, Miss Moneypenny." He says as he takes her hand and kisses the back gently before he turns to go. The one place he knew would be empty and would stay empty is Q's office. It's also a place he knows how to get into fairly well. And how to avoid the security cameras. Grinning a little, he heads up, getting in and looking around his Quartermaster's office quietly, all the little things that make up the genius he works with. And who is currently sitting on his couch surrounded by computers.

Speak of the devil, James muses as he feels his phone vibrate as he sits down at Q's desk, figuring out who it probably is. Looking down at the screen, he nearly laughs aloud as he reads the text message.

- What are you doing in my office? -Q

Grinning a little, Bond glances around slowly to try and find the hidden camera that Q no doubt has there, instead he chuckles, leaning back in the chair and propping his feet up on the desk which immediately causes another text message to come through.

- James Bond, get your bloody feet off my desk. -Q

While it was worth it to get a rise out of Q, James obediently lowers his feet, not wanting to anger his omega. Instead, he composes his own text message as he waits for Q's computer to load.

- Decided to do something useful. Can only work out for so long.

When the next message comes through, Bond can practically hear the skepticism through the text. By now he's logged into the computer and has brought up the web browser to so his search.

- And what exactly do you deem 'useful'? -Q

For a few moments James isn't sure how to respond to that, should he tell the young man what he's doing, or should he just do it? But then he realizes that the young Quartermaster probably has a way to remotely log in, and see precisely what James is doing.

- I have decided to look up flats or houses for us. You did say you wanted to find a place that was neither my flat or yours, after your Heat. I'm just getting a head start.

After barely figuring out where to start in the search bar, a few other windows pop up on his screen. Well, there's the answer to whether or not Q can remotely access his computer. The windows show various brick or stone buildings, most of them single story and most seeming to be abandoned.

- So you've been thinking about this, then? These looks like they need a lot of work. Abandoned?

- I have. I prefer something we can mould to our needs. We'll need a lot of security -Q

Shaking his head a little, James chuckles as he looks over some of the buildings, immediately discounting a few just because he doesn't like the look of them, and he closes those windows, hoping that Q notices which ones he's closing. Finally getting tired of texting, Bond dials Q's number instead and smiles. "Don't you have work to be doing?" he asks when the younger man picks up.

"It's hardly my fault you set off the alarms I have in my office. They are set to go off if anyone enters while I'm not there." Q explains after chuckling, and he sounds like he's back to his cool, collected self.

"Well, where else in this whole bloody place am I going to find the privacy to look up something like this without everyone and their brother asking me what I'm doing? I don't need their noses in my business." James says with a little bit of annoyance to his tone, looking at the various options.

Q chuckles a little and then smiles as he watches what Bond is looking at. "I'm rather partial to the white stone myself. Too many windows, it would be hell on security, but we can change that. Probably also put a skylight in the roof. Two stories makes it a little more vulnerable, but it's architecturally sound. It will support all of the additions I want to add to it." He says as he brings up blueprints for James to see, with a list of the additions.

Not being able to help himself, James smiles and laughs softly. "And you did all this.. what if I had wanted a flat, or something drastically different, hm? Then again, maybe you already took that into consideration. Bloody genius." He accuses playfully as he looks through the blueprints, nodding a little to himself.

"I.. do have some excess time sometimes. I just did this.. for fun." Q says hesitantly, uncertain whether or not James will be pleased or upset that he took the liberty, he isn't sure how involved the double-oh wanted them both to be in finding the flat.

After looking things over for a few moments, James finally nods. "I like it. I really don't see us needing something that's more than one story. I think we should keep the living quarters downstairs, or keep all the living quarters on the second story, convert the bottom into a workshop and gym maybe," he offers as he looks at the blueprints.

Q smiles fondly and he nods quietly. "I take it you like it, then? We can discuss the details later, as I said, there are already improvements I intend to make." Q notes before he smiles softly. "I'm glad you like it. Feel free to start looking around for something else if you like. I have work to do." He says with a note of amusement in his voice.

Leaning back in the chair, James smiles a little. "Yes, get some work done, Q, and stop spying on me. Naughty man." He says playfully before taking a deep breath. "I'll be home later, I'll pick up some take away." he offers before he finally hangs up, looking at his cellphone for a moment, then the computer screen in front of him, musing on the thought of having a place with Q.

"Hm. Home. At last."


Two chapters in one day! This is what happens when I watch Skyfall. I may finish this up in the next chapter. Which means it may be a long one. I'm just running out of ideas, and I don't want to abandon this. That would be mean, I think.

Hope you enjoy, I may or may not attempt another 00Q story after this one, I haven't decided.

Reviews/comments welcome!