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31. Home :: There was just something about Pavel, with his warm arms and bright eyes and shining smile, that made Leonard feel much more welcome than he ever had with the woman he'd called 'wife' for years.

32. Confusion :: A cold nose nudged his ear, his neck, his shoulder blades, and he stretched and yawned lightly as he reached out a hand to run it through honey curls, only to have his brown eyes snap open as he sat up in bed and looked over, eye twitching frantically as he screamed; "PAVEL! WHY THE HELL IS THERE A FUCKING LLAMA IN THE BED?!"

33. Fear :: Leonard cringed as he looked up into the glowering face of his Russian lover towering above him, stomach and chest clenching tightly when he spotted the cold, hard look in Pavel's eyes, and Leonard knew he wouldn't be getting out of this one unscathed.

34. Lightning/Thunder :: It was pouring outside, rain falling harshly onto the doctor and leaving tiny bruises onto the exposed skin of his hands and face, and he wondered to himself what the hell he was doing and how insane this was, almost turning around to go back to the warm, dry sanctuary of the ship before a perfectly shaped lightning bolt hit the ground less than twenty feet from where he was standing and he saw Pavel's eyes light up in excitement as his smile grew impossibly wider; 'Ah,' Leonard thought to himself, 'That's why.'

35. Bonds :: The bright red string was bound tightly around Leonard's wrist, and he pulled fruitlessly at it, knowing that it was pointless to try and escape, as the other side of the string was looped around the small, pale wrist of a certain Russian navigator that Leonard may or may not have a more than strictly platonic interest in, but he sighed in exasperation and swore to himself that he'd kill Jim as soon as he got the chance.

36. Market :: Pavel chattered excitedly in Leonard's ear as he was dragged all around the square, up and down and side to side and he could swear on his life that he went sideways, and he felt sick to his stomach and his head felt like people were playing bumper cars in it, and he hated shopping with an incredible passion, but he just shook his head and didn't utter a word of protest because it was Pavel, and damn him, but Leonard could never say no to him.

37. Technology :: He spent hours studying the tool, examining and destroying and creating with it, trying with all his might to figure out what it was, before Pavel finally took mercy on his poor doctor and plucked it from his hands with nimble fingers, leaning to whisper in his ear, "It's a roll of duct tape, darling."

38. Gift :: "Happy birthday!" While others had chosen to get him large, expensive, elegantly wrapped presents that would probably sit in his closet, unused for years, all the Russian had to do was stand on his toes, throw his long, limber arms around the doctor's neck, give him a whispered sentence and then kiss him, and Leonard immediately knew that this was probably going to be his favorite birthday ever.

39. Smile :: Shoving and pushing and scratching and biting were all put into play before the two finally got situated in the small enclosure, eventually deciding on having Pavel sit on the doctor's lap, which made Pavel grin as Leonard grumbled, but his arms tightened around the Russian's waist and when they looked at the pictures that left the slot after they left the booth, Pavel could swear that Leonard was not nearly as upset as he wanted the young man to think, because god strike him down if he was wrong, but he knew that the small curving of Leonard's lips was not a trick of the light.

40. Innocence :: "Who, me? Never!" Pavel fluttered his eyelashes and opened his mouth in a completely dramatic show of innocence that had Leonard chuckling under his breath before lifting the Russian over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and dropping him ungracefully onto the bed, completely intent on ravishing the boy until all impressions of innocence were gone.

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Oh yeah. Go me. Two parts in one night. Er, night/morning, I guess. Ah well. Hope you liked it. Drop me a line if you did. ;) Plz&thx.

(Chapter title from "Daydream in Blue" by I Monster.)