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"Peter?" A pause. "Egon?"

Ray opened the door from the kitchen. "Guys--" He started to say before he walked into the living room.

Egon was asleep on the couch, with Peter sitting against Egon’s leg on the floor, his arm slung over the physicist’s leg and the red-rimmed glasses in one hand. Putting them on the coffee table, Peter slid onto the couch next to the scientist and smiled when Egon’s right arm wrapped tight around his shoulders.

When he saw Ray, Peter gave him a smile and silently shooed him away. Ray nodded and headed upstairs quietly.

THE END