[ It was only meant to be a short stop to deliver Leon's present. Nothing more, nothing less - and they couldn't very well leave him out after everything he's done for them, could they? It wouldn't be fair. More importantly, it'd be against the spirit of the season.

So when Alex turns up, what he finds is an uncommonly frazzled looking Lion. It's clear that they didn't expect anyone to be awake, or... to be looking for them. Everyone else has more important people to spend the day with, after all, and they're planning on just running back to their room and sleeping after this, so why bother?

Which, anyone who's been surprised by someone they know at the grocery store at 3am could tell you is exactly what would happen. ]

Um.

[ Eloquent. ]

Happy... Candlenights to you too? [ Ugh, that was bad. They wince and break into a less alarmed smile. ] I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were looking for me. Otherwise I would've made it harder.

[ Oh that's ni- wait. ]