Erik and James spend another hour planning their field trip in the staff room, sharing the bottle of wine and drawing up a rough proposal to give to Charles in the morning.

James gives him a rough one-armed hug before departing for bed. Erik shakes his head - the man really can't handle his alcohol.

As Erik heads to bed himself, he's surprised to see the light filtering out from around Charles' study door. He moves to open it - and finds it locked. Erik frowns.

//Charles?//