Hugue dropped his coat on the sofa and looked around William's apartment. The place was pretty much an organized chaos, and he sighed. He had been barely gone for a week, and this is what was waiting for him? It wasn't that William was actually messy, but it didn't change the fact that his quarters - and office - got to suffer from his absent-mindedness.

He drew the curtains aside and then headed for the bedroom. The sun had just risen, but chances were that the Professor was still in bed - possibly fully clothed, with papers and books there with him.

If Hugue had ever been wrong in his life, he couldn't have been more wrong this morning. There was no William in the bedroom; there was, however, a naked Vaclav Havel, handcuffed to the bedpost. There were also books on the floor, but not anything related to the Professor's work; instead, the books seemed to be erotica.

"Father Havel," Hugue mumbled, trying to tell himself not to stare but failing miserably. There was little left to imagination here, and he wondered if he wanted to know the details.

Vaclav opened his eyes and looked at the other man. "Oh, Hugue. Thank God! Would you please... uh..." He nodded at the handcuffs. He got a questioning look from Hugue, and sighed. "Ah, you see, William woke up a couple of hours ago, mumbled something about some part he needed to add to who-knows-what, and ran off."

Hugue replied with a simple, "Hmm," and stepped into the room. He dodged the books that were lying all over the floor and stopped by the nightstand. The keys to the handcuffs were surely in the second drawer, and he opened it to look. He was right; the keys were there indeed. He picked them up and unlocked the handcuffs, and Vaclav sighed in relief.

"Thank you. I, ah, shall be going then." The older priest grabbed a couple of garments from the floor and escaped from the room. Hugue simply smirked and started picking up the books. His Master would so hear about this later. Forgetting to eat and sleep was one thing, but this?

That, and he would definitely pay for it.