#hattime

You most certainly can! It’s been a while since I’ve written for these two. Hope you like it!

Time stood with his arms folded in front of the elaborate blanket fort that Tarrant had somehow constructed in the 30 minutes it had taken for Time to track down a thermometer in the vast expanse of his castle.Tarrant had come over for tea, as was his habit these days, and had spent the night at Time’s insistence when it became clear he was under the weather.

Morning came and Tarrant was no better, so Time put his foot down and left Tarrant to his own devices while he tracked down some basic medical supplies.

Unfortunately Tarrant’s “own devices” turned out to the be the construction o a blanket fort that took up Time’s entire study, with an entranceway that jutted out past the doorway a bit.

Here, Time stood, imploring Tarrant as patiently as he could.“I can’t take your temperature unless you come out from under there,” he said, stooping a little so he could peak inside the entrance.

“I don’t want to,” Tarrant said, somehow managing to sound hoarse and petulant at the same time.

Time sighed through his nose and vented a little more steam than was perhaps necessary from the back of his neck. “May I come in?” He hadn’t bothered putting on his more extravagant clothing today, so fitting through the entrance wouldn’t be a problem.

“What’s the password?”

“I don’t know,” Time said evenly.“How can I let you in if you don’t know the password?” Tarrant asked, and then he started coughing.

The fit was long and painful-sounding, and Time couldn’t help but wince in sympathy. “I really don’t like the sound of that,” he muttered, half to himself. He tucked the thermometer into his breast pocket. “I’m coming in,” he told Tarrant. Then, with a surreptitious glance down the hall to make sure no one was watching, Time dropped to his hands and knees and crawled into the blanket fort.

“Take your shoes off,” Tarrant requested, his voice little more than a grating whisper.

Time paused to obey before scooting into the main chamber of the fort. On a better day, he might have been almost impressed with its construction, but today he had other things on his mind. He found Tarrant bundled up in a duvet, red-faced and trembling.