Ford rolled over on the bed and picked through the fruit tray while Tycho dug around in his trunk. He bit back a chuckle at the fact that even the most subdued clothing Tycho could muster after a search of his wardrobe was more colorful than anything that existed in Ford's. The biggest deviation Ford had was one brown suit mixed in to his collection of otherwise identical black ones. That was a benefit for someone without money, actually; it was harder to notice things fading when there wasn't any color to begin with. Though maybe with this windfall from the Mulciber house, he might consider getting something newer? (No, he shut the idea down as soon as it had occurred to him. Anything he wanted, particularly because it looked nice, was a luxury too far, no matter how many galleons had been in the safe).

"You're going to need more than one outfit," he pointed out. "We can pretend to be as poor as we like, once we've run away, but I know you too well to think you'll wear the same clothes two days in a row."

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"We could just be naked all the time. Be hermits that never go anywhere or start a two-man nudist colony," Tycho said suggestively. "Then we wouldn't need a lot of clothes."

Ford did have a point though. He did reuse clothes but he had a habit of not wearing the same sequence of clothing at once. He liked mixing and matching what he had in various combinations. "I suppose that means shopping. And a new suitcase with an expansion charm on it."

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Ford bit his lower lip in an attempt to temper his smile. The tone of this conversation had been lighthearted and easy, as though it were strictly a hypothetical. In fairness, it probably (hopefully) was. Tycho's last comment made it a touch more real; it felt less like a theoretical exploration of the subject and more as though Ty were putting something on his to-do list. Of course, that didn't mean that he would actually follow through (even if he meant it quite seriously, Tycho's follow-through on errands could be — spotty, sometimes, when he was distracted by something he considered either more interesting or more important) but Ford was touched all the same.

"I love you," he announced. "So much."

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Tycho was brought out of his thoughts by Fords proclamation and he smiled. "I love you, too," he said in return as he returned to Fords side. It hadn't really occurred to him to ask why Ford had even brought up such a scenario. "If we get low on coin, we can just get passage for you and we can pretend I'm your pet bird."

  

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Ford laughed at that. He hadn't exactly forgotten about Tycho's animagus form, but it certainly hadn't been the top of his mind at the moment, and the mental image conjured by the suggestion was unexpectedly delightful. "I suppose that would solve the problem of what to wear, too," he teased lightly. They'd have to stick to some method of transportation that didn't take too long, though. Tycho might have been able to stay in raven form for days or weeks (Ford didn't know if it would bother him or not), but Ford wouldn't want to go so long without an opportunity to feel his lover's arms around him.

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