James busied himself in the kitchen flipping pancakes and making coffee. Stealing a quick glance at the clock he noticed it was already a quarter to eleven and Madeleine still hadn't woken up. The thought of her still peacefully sleeping curled up in his bed brought a smile to his face.
He had just set the last batch of pancakes on a plate when there was a knock at the door. Grabbing a knife out of the cutlery drawer he slowly approached the door.
"Who is it?" James demanded.
"The paper boy," he heard a familiar voice answer.
He set the knife down on the counter and unlocked the deadbolt.
"Good morning 007," Q greeted.
"Good morning," James answered stepping aside to allow Q in.
"You cook?" Q asked intrigued by the plate full of pancakes.
"One of the many talents double-O's possess," James quipped in return.
"I take seducing women is another one of those talents," Q taunted when he spied the pair of heels scattered on the floor and the coat adorning the arm of the couch.
"Those are Madeleine's, she's still asleep. And I didn't seduce her, at least not last night,"James answered.
"Well the breakfast would suggest otherwise. You see some people consider making a girl who slept over breakfast is an edible way of saying thank you so much for last night," Q grinned.
"Really? Is that what you do for all your romantic conquests?" James countered.
Q's grin disappeared and instead was replaced with glare.
"Poor thing, she must be worn out after globetrotting with you and nearly getting blown to pieces yesterday," Q sympathized, hoping to change the subject.
"Well the last I checked she was still sound asleep, curled up on my side of the bed. And I don't have any intentions of waking her," James answered.
"Anyway, why are you here,Q?" He asked.
"M sent me with important information concerning the Double-O program," Q replied pulling a laptop and a flash drive out of his messenger bag.
"In short, the program has been re-sanctioned, but it will take a while to get everything up and running again. C did a good job of hiding important information, by my calculations it will be a couple months before everything returns to normal," Q continued pulling up the official files on the laptop.
"Well until then I'll be off on holiday with Madeleine. Tell M if he needs me before then he knows how to reach me," James answered.
"Will do," Q answered.
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The aroma of coffee invaded Madeleine's senses and she stirred slowly, the sunlight touching her skin. She stretched and slowly blinked her eyes open. She could hear voices coming from the other room. She sat up and fixed her hair the best she could before pulling on a pair of James' sweatpants and tying them them as tightly as she could and heading out into the other room.
"Have they interrogated Blofeld yet?" She could hear James ask.
"Not yet, M is doing that later today," she heard Q, at least that's what she thought his name was reply.
She slowly made her way down the hallway until the movement caught James' eye and he smiled at her.
"Good morning sleeping beauty," he smiled before pulling her into his arms and giving her a chaste kiss on the lips. She blushed slightly when she watched Q quickly divert his gaze.
"Madeleine you remember Q," James said stepping aside to reintroduce them.
"Good Morning Dr. Swann," Q greeted her.
"Good morning, and please call me Madeleine," she happily replied.
"How long have you been up for?" She asked turning her attention back to James.
"For about an hour, maybe an hour and a half," he answered.
"Why didn't you wake me!" Madeleine asked when her eyes caught what time it was.
"You looked so peaceful this morning I couldn't bring myself to do it. Besides you've had an eventful past few days needed the rest," James smiled before pressing a kiss to forehead.
"Well I better be off, M will start to wonder where I am," Q stated while packing away his laptop.
"Won't you join us for breakfast?" Madeleine asked.
"If I don't get back soon M will send the cavalry out to look for me. Everyone is still on high alert after yesterday's events," Q replied.
"It was lovely to see you again Dr. Swann, 007, good day," Q bid them farewell.
"Did you sleep well?" James asked her after Q had gone.
"Very. What about you?" She replied.
"That's the best sleep I've had in years," he smiled and pressed his lips to her temple again.
"Hungry?" He asked.
"Famished," she smiled.
"I had no idea you knew how to cook," Madeleine mused as he placed a plate of pancakes in front of her.
"One of my many talents," he smirked.
"So what's going to happen to the double-O program?" She asked between bites of food.
"It's being re-sanctioned but it will take some time for it to be officially re-established," James replied.
"How long?"
"A few months at the least. So what would you say to getting away from here and going on holiday?" He asked.
"Won't they need you here?"
"If they need me they'll find me," he grinned.
"Well in the case, where to?"
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