*is all set up for another late night crunching numbers, laptop and scrap paper and textbooks spread out on his dining room table, a full pot of coffee on standby* *also has a stack of Fountain paperwork to plow through—is taking longer to get things done some days, so he's bringing the overflow home*
*hears the phone jittering and hunts under loose papers until he finds it* *checks the caller ID before answering, without preamble:* Please tell me you're pulling up outside, and I get to spend all night reminding you why you're gay now?