The kitchens at night were one of Fabian’s favorite places to be. The warm smells, the quiet lull, everything about it set the room up to be a place of sanctuary from his frantic and frenetic world. Which made him slightly less than thrilled to hear the portrait open behind him, “It’s four in the morning. What’re you doing here?” He sighed and pulled another mug down from a rack above his head, “Luckily I made a lot of tea. Room for cream?”








