QUOTE : What on earth did you get up to while we were all away?”<br />“Nothing. Just a bit knackered” was the mumbled response, only half coherent. Tristan’s voice was rasping and low, and the look of thorough misery on his face was enough to give Callum a secondhand migraine. <br />“Sauced, too, by the looks of it.” Normally Tristan was better about holding his alcohol; it was one of the primary reasons Callum liked him. There was much to be said about a man who remained habitually upright. <br />“Absolutely fucking bladdered,” confirmed Tristan, pivoting slowly to face Callum and holding a hand to his head. “I’d do something about it, only the prospect of managing anything at all sounds positively exhausting.