Room 414 [Friday Night]

[wannabehunter]

If you'd asked her yesterday morning, Jo would have said that she'd reached a point where Fandom couldn't surprise her any more.

Then her dad had shown up, and suggested she and Edmund go to dinner with him.

Mom had never mentioned he was so good at interrogations.

[For the fellow interrogatee. Getting NWS in comments]

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[wannabehunter]

Jo didn't really know why they were arguing either, but it felt like something they should be doing. "Why did you even have them in the first place?"

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"You left them here and I thought I would see how they worked properly."

[wannabehunter]

"By handcuffing yourself to the bed?"

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"There wasn't a lot else to try handcuffing myself to. I wanted to see how they held up, but I didn't realise the key was out of reach."

[wannabehunter]

Don't giggle at Edmund, Jo, you're in the middle of having a fight.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Edmund looked at her incredulously. "I'm trying to be mad at you and you're laughing?" It was not at all easy to keep being mad when someone was giggling at you.

[wannabehunter]

"Sorry." She sounded terribly sorry too, what with the continued giggling.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"You are not," Edmund protested.

[wannabehunter]

"It's just that most people don't cuff themselves to beds just because there's nothing else handy."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"What other reason would they have to cuff themselves to beds?"

[wannabehunter]

Jo smirked at Edmund. "I could show you."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Is this an underhanded way of getting me to stop being cross with you?" Not that he was really that cross. More stressed.

[wannabehunter]

"Maybe."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"I'm not convinced." Possibly a small challenge there.

[wannabehunter]

Jo's smirk widened and she reached into her drawer for the cuffs. "Pretty sure I can be more convincing then."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"I don't think you can." He was still keeping up the grumpy demeanour.

[wannabehunter]

Jo felt shirtlessness was a good argument.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"This is definitely feeling underhanded," Edmund pointed out.

[wannabehunter]

"I'm still wearing a bra," Jo pointed out in return. She wasn't even trying for innocence.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"This argument wouldn't have happened if you weren't so insistent on taking off your shirt." He couldn't help but glance at aforementioned bra. He was still trying very hard to maintain composure.

[wannabehunter]

Jo raised her eyebrows. "Are you saying you don't want me to take my shirt off any more?"

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"No," he said too quickly to be calm. "All I'm saying is that it complicates things drastically."

[wannabehunter]

"And we wouldn't want things to get complicated, would we."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"It's a bit late for that." The way he was looking at all of her now was definite not a glance.

[wannabehunter]

Jo grinned. "Then it probably wouldn't matter if someone else was to complicate things by losing their shirt."

And by someone else, she meant him.