'Can I just have one nice evening, please, before the world explodes ?'
When James Bond shows up at his door after five years away, Q's plans for a romantic dinner are in jeopardy. How on earth has Moneypenny convinced him to let 007 stay here?
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This one-shot is the product of two throwaway lines in No Time To Die.
"Can I just have one nice evening, please, before the world explodes ?" from Q, as Moneypenny and Bond show up at his doorstep as he was busy preparing a romantic dinner.
"Shut up, Q, I know he's staying with you," from M, as Q fakes his surprise at seeing Bond in his office.
An wise audience member - or one who has single-handedly financed the next opus through an indecent number of movie viewings (I plead guilty) - will wonder what they missed in the time jump between the first scene, at Q's house, and the second, in M's office.
The one million dollar question is then: what happened to Q's date?
I hope you'll enjoy this short story - if you do, please let me know in the comments! I am not a native speaker and this fic was originally written in French, so feel free to point out any spelling/grammar/syntax errors.
