Andy and Simon and bats

Because Meri and Meep tag teamed me with vids like this.

Title: Squeaks
Andy & Simon drabbles
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 336

The squeaks were what drew Simon’s attention, his mouth starting to water. Squeaks meant food. Sure he’d progressed past needing to hunt and eat them, a development since joining with Andy, who preferred he eat ‘normal human’ food and additionally not live.

Explaining that a snake familiar is still a snake, even if only sometimes, had had Andy look at him in that way followed by a change of locale to the bedroom. He didn’t quite understand it, but Andy would look him in the eye and the rest was … charming. Snake charming, but it worked different than the way human tales had it where the snake charmer plays the role of hero and able to control the snake. Not that he’d do anything to Andy that Andy didn’t love and beg for, Simon grinned.

So Simon followed the squeaks to the room they’d set up as a library/study and to Andy watching something on-line. He tilted his head trying to judge the size of the squeaking little animals.

“They’re bats, Simon. Not food.”

“If they squeak like food, they might be food.”

“They’re bats,” Andy’s voice was becoming strident, “BABY bats, Simon!”

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