Sad to announce that this story doesn't end by 2 characters fucking on a boat. Guess it wasn't a true James Bond story after all /j

"Does this outfit make me look classy enough?" Remy asked while straightening out their skirt.

"It doesn't matter but yes, always" Remus replied.

"I just wanna look especially good when I see your mom. That's all"

The couple stood by the pier waiting for a boat to take them over to the floating palace that laid in the water like an island. Jaws sat on the ground a few feet away from them. It had been much easier to make him follow them than they thought. All they had to do was say that they wouldn't hurt him and he followed along, especially when he saw Virgil follow them as well.

The teen was curled up in Jaws' embrace. He hadn't spoken much since the mission. Hadn't eaten much. Hadn't slept much. He'd mostly clinged to Jaws. When Remy or Remus offered hugs he clinged to them as well. It was understandable, he had killed his own father after all.

After the mission Mr. Impur's company automatically became Virgil's. He immediately gave it over to MI6 so they could work out how to shut the whole ordeal down and sell back all the land. Janus, Logan and Patton were currently working their hardest to sort things out.

"OH! That's the boat!!" Remus waved at the captain.

He motioned for Jaws and Virgil to follow before taking Remy's hand. He carried both of their suitcases in the other hand. Jaws couldn't stop staring at the water as he got on the boat. He slumped down right next to the railing. Remus was one step away from pulling him back in fear of his brother trying to escape via the water. His spouse told him to relax but he kept an eye on his brother the whole trip just in case.

"...Do you think he'll remember?" He mumbled. He squeezed a bit harder onto Remy's hand. "I mean...Don't they usually suggest that people with memory problems go back to places the place they grew up? Don't they say that will help?"

"I'm sure he'll remember eventually" They titled their head slightly "But either way he's just as kind as he used to be isn't he? As long as he keeps his personality I am sure everything is gonna be tots fine. Memory or no memory it's still like Roman with his Romany personality ain't it? He'll find his way back to you"

Remus slumped closer to them. He leant his head against the nape of their neck "You're right"

"Always am!"

He trickled a few kisses to their neck which made them giggle, mostly from how it tickled "Yeah babe you're such a smartie. Overflowing with brain. It's gonna melt out of your ears like blood if you keep being this smart"

"Gross, but thanks!"

The boat slowed down a little as it got ready to dock by the floating palace. Remus got up and excitedly looked over to the small pier. When he saw his mom he shone up into a grin and waved. She waved back and so did the rest of the women who had gathered to greet them.

As soon as the boat docked he ran onto the mosaic stones that covered the ground and pretty much jumped into his mom's hug. The other's embraced him as well making it a big group hug. It became a big flood of exclaims of how happy they were that he was back and worried mumbles about if he was hurt and if he had eaten enough.

Remy was just about to follow him when they noticed that Jaws was still staring down into the water and Virgil had tried to hide behind him. The enby hunched down beside them.

"Anything wrong kiddo?"

"nothing. it's just....just a lot of people.....we're gonna live with them aren't we?" Virgil's voice went even quieter as he continued "What if they don't like me?"

"Oh girl half of the people on this island are like 5 years away from granny age. They're gonna adore you. Don't worry, I can tell them to back off a lil until you've gotten comfy here" They taped Jaws' shoulder "C'mon big guy. Time to get off the boat. There's more water over there. Chop chop"

Jaws blinked at them before slowly getting up. He stared at the island in silence. His blinking turned a little slower. He looked around and stared at every single person. Before he suddenly shot away and ran off the boat. He nearly slid over the stones before stopping right by the edge of the island.

The small crowd had all stopped in silence. They were all hoping he had remembered something. They looked at Jaws in bathed breath. He proceeded to lean down and dunk his entire head underwater. 

The crowd let up into a loud "NO!". But when Jaws leaned back up and shook his head around to get the water out before letting up into small, very small, laugh they all relaxed. Jaws waved for Virgil to come over.

The teen had never been close to water before so he just kinda stared at it. Jaws moved his hand down and splashed around in the clear blue. He wetted his entire hand before bopping Virgil on the nose which made Viv laugh.

When Jaws took off his shoes and rolled up his pants to splash his feet around Virgil did the same. Everyone else decided to leave them alone for a little bit. 

The group all let up into shocked and worried noises when they saw Remy limping towards them. They all obviously knew Remy by now and they all knew they weren't usually this thin, pale and generally ruffled up. They also all knew they had been captured and tortured but none of them had thought they would still look this affected by it.

It turned into a big cacophony of the ladies pulled both the agent into cuddles, kissing their cheeks and ruffling their hair. All while going on about different recipes that would surely thicken them up, about how they had to be more careful and how they glad they were that they were okay.

It went on like that for a while. It left the agents dizzy with happiness after talking to everyone. That included the older woman that had been with Octavia from the start, the ones that had been like Remus' extra moms growing up, and the younger recruits that were working to continue on the duty of the Octopussy clan.

After a while it was just the agents and Octavia left (there was always something to do on the island after all). She pressed a kiss to her son's forehead before looking over to her other son. He was still sitting by the water.

"I've fixed up a room for Virgil, just as you asked" She said.

"Thanks! I guess we can show him the room while you keep an eye on....on Jaws?...I think he wants to be called Jaws....for now" 

"Don't worry. I'll take care of him"

Remus sent her another smile before taking his spouse's hand. They went over to Virgil who was just about to start drinking the salt water. Remy reached out for his hand after (gently) slapping the water out of it. The teen took their hand and stood up. He looked just a bit nervous when they started to walk into the true palace without Jaws following.

"Uhm Where are we going?"

"To your new room!! It's my old one. Or well when me and Ro- Jaws got into our teens mom thought we would get separate rooms but I kept going back into Jaws' room every night to sleep since it felt weird to sleep without him there. So uhh the room hasn't been used much"

Virigl waved it off "It's fine. Like all of my rooms were unused prison cells. I'm sure this is gonna amazing. Hopefully you got some spiders in there. Maybe even roaches. GHOSTS!!!"

"HELL YEAH!!" Remus agreed.

"Stop with all that helling. You're not just gonna summon ghosts. You're gonna get like satan as well" Remy replied.

Remus and Virgil glanced at each other before in unison exclaiming "HECK YEAH!!" Remy rolled their eyes at them.

They stopped by a door. It was painted green with a silver crown on it. Next to it was a similar door painted red with a golden crown on it. Remus and Remy both showed off the green door while grinning. Remus even did jazz hands.

"Here's your room!! C'mon! C'mon! open it up. We can change room if you don't like it"

"Oh uhm okay"

Virgil reached out and nervously opened the door. He peered inside. The nervousness got obliterated as he looked. There was a big luxurious bed with a ridiculous amount of pillows. On the walls hung old posters of different emo bands and obscure horror movies, they mostly focused in on the pretty guy's faces. There was a whole bookcase absolutely stuffed with books. A small desk for him to sit at, maybe even draw. And a bean bag, it was a teen's room after all.

He glanced back at remus and Remy with a bright smile. The agents both let out breathes of relief.

"You like it?"

"Nah. I hate it. It's horrible" He replied sarcastically.

Remy brought him into a short embrace and ruffled his hair "Oh you lil fucker. Glad you like it!!"

Remus went into the room and looked around. He pulled out a box from under the bed. He put it on the desk and motioned for the other two to come over. The box was filled with old CDs. Most of them emo, punk or just straight up screaming. (And one that was 10 hours of Epic frog sound)

"It's my old collection. Aside from some real gems I don't really listen to none of this no more so if you want to you can have it"

Virgil's mouth was slightly agape as his hands traced over the CDs "Really??"

"Yeah! Someone has to carry on the torch of edgy teenage culture!"

His expression started to get a little woobly from being almost to happy "tHanks"

"No prob kid. OH!" Remus looked over to their spouse "Shouldn't I have some old pride flag here as well? The first one my mom got me I mean?? It's a bit old so maybe we should just buy a new one for Virg-"

"A PRIDE FLAG??? My own?? I- Uh- I-" 

"Yeah. If you want to"

Remy nodded along "Oh yeah girl. Getting your first real pride flag is like such a nice gay milestone. We can like look online for one tomorrow, kay kiddo?"

Virgil looked like he was gonna explode. He kept flapping his fists around "YES! please !"

"We should probs like look for a phone as well. You don't got one do you?" The teen shook his head "Thought so. Gotta do it like soon 'cause I think if you got a phone you can call Theo during like calling hours"

"i can play the candy crush again. just like Theo had on his phone. i will become so powerful. my fingers will become so muscular from all the crushing" Virgil mumbled.

"Oh yeah kid. Can't wait until you try to battle Remus in some like arm wrestling and you fucking flung him into the wall with your like muscular fingers" Remy replied. They ruffled the hair "You like the room? No sarcasm this time"

Virgil quickly nodded. Nodded a lot. He wanted to make sure they understood how much he appreciated it. He didn't want them to get mad if he wasn- they weren't going to get mad. He had to remind himself.

"I like it...." He fiddled a bit with his hoodie "Just wondering....where's Jaws' room?"

The couple looked at each other and shrugged "I think we're letting him choose. The room he used to live in is right next to you-"

"Can he stay with me??" Virgil interrupted. "I just- sometimes he has nightmares- I don't want him to wake up alone. This bed is fine. I'm small. We'll fit"

Remus shrugged again "Sure. If he wants to" He checked his watch "Speaking of. I should probs go check on him" His chest was still bubbling over with worry.

Virgil made grabby hands for him so Remus gave him a warm hug before leaving. Remy proceeded to immediately pull out their emergency set of make up and start asking if the teen wanted to try out some black nailpolish, maybe even some eyeliner. Viv wondered back if it was edible which reminded Remy way too much of their husband every time they left him alone with their make up.

The agent hurried through the pathways. He knew every stone of this place like the lips of his spouse. 

He came to the pier. Jaws sat on one of the stones with his legs still dangling around in the water. Small waves rippled around him. A choking feeling filled Remus' chest. He'd seen his brother site like that on that stone so many times before. He remembered he would always call Roman a boring bogie for being able to sit like that for hours but his brother always said there was no place better to daydream, to fantasize, to write up his plays and songs.

His mother sat on the shore with her eyes on her son. She looked tired. Remus never really noticed that she'd aged except for moments like this, it was like he could suddenly see all those years of wear and tear on her face before it faded a few minutes later as she noticed him. She sent him a short smile.

"Ro....Jaws.." She called out. 

Her son turned to look at her but there was no recognition in his eyes. His eyes were still empty even if the water was reflected in them.

"Would you like to take a look around the island?" She continued.

He hesitated before pointing up to his mouth. He mimicked a lock being turned. "dangerous" The word came deep from his throat.

"Honey you're not dangerous. You don't need any handcuffs or mouthlocks. Remus has talked to you about this. No one is going to hurt you and we Know you won't hurt anyone else. Now please be a dear and follow along"

Jaws got up on his feet. He jumped between the stones without looking at them, as if he had them deeply memorized. He kept himself a few feet away from them.

"Oh let's show him the main garden. He always liked that place" Octavia suggested as she began to walk.

The garden was in the middle of the palace. A pool made out of ceramics was in the middle of it. Windchimes hung around pillars holding the surrounding hallways up. One of the pillars still had the markings showing Remus and Roman's varying heights as they grew. Green grass and trees made up the rest of it. There were places for flowers to go, for vegetables. A few people had started introduced a few new spices to the spice garden recently. There were a few ladies lazing around by the pool. With one look(tm) from Octavia they quickly left. She didn't want to make Jaws any more stressed.

Jaws stepped out onto the grass. The sun had warmed it. It made shivers of surprise go up his spine. He glanced around the garden for a long time. He eyed every little detail. Octavia and Remus looked at him with bated breath.

Then Jaws slowly made his way over to the closest trees. He continued glancing around to look innocent while stuffing his pockets full with whatever his hand touched, apples and peaches and ripe oranges. Before returning to his first spot. 

Remus and his mother shrugged at each other "Maybe he's hungry" "Maybe he's gonna throw apples at someone to beat the fuck out of them" They said at the same time.

"Language" Octavia replied "We can show him the kitchen"

When they began to walk Jaws quickly followed behind. It would have been heartwarming if he wasn't probably just trying to follow orders. Every now and again he would stop to look into some room or to stare out to other parts of the palace. Every time they hoped he would have remembered something. It slowly became clear with him mumbling Virgil's name ever so often that he was just looking for his friend.

They got to the kitchen. It was buzzing with chatter as a few of the older ladies were showing two younger women how to make naan bread. A few others were gossiping while preparing for the dinner. Jaws stopped dead in the doorway. He blinked at the people. The sudden smells was a lot.

"You can take food if you want to bro. No one's gonna guillotine your fingers off" Remus commented. He lightly dragged in the fabric of his brother's shirt to pull him into the kitchen. He smiled when Jaws didn't flinch away.

He hesitated before taking one of the finished breads. He put it deep in his pocket. He glanced around before shoving down even more bread.

"uuuh your mouth works normally right? Even with the...cool death teeth....?" Remus asked. "You can eat...?"

Jaws stared at him as if he'd been caught "for virgil" Was all he got out.

Remus reached out and patted his shoulder "Hey you can go get food whenever you want to. Virge can as well. We make group dinners here y'know. But uh if you want to put food away you uh can I guess"

Jaws looked right through him, like he wasn't even listening. It made Remus sigh. But then Jaws leaned closer. He leant into the warm touch of his brother so Rem was patting the top of his head instead of his shoulder.

"Oh" Remus muttered out "Oh you cuddly bitch" He couldn't help but smile when Jaws started flapping his hands. "Do you wanna go look at your room now?" 

His brother looked at him with a questioning look, but he did grab onto Remus' shirt when they started to walk. He walked closely while looking around. He tensed up every time he saw one of the pillars with octopus decorations carved out, or saw a painting of the Octopussy clan's logo. He held onto even harder to his brother.

they got to the room next to Virgil's. The one with the golden crown painted onto it. No one had lived in it since Roman disappeared over 6 years ago. Octavia still cleaned it once a month. She didn't let anyone else clean in there, she barely even allowed anyone but her and Remus to enter.

Jaws didn't seem to react to the door. It was only when Remus walked up to it and hesitantly pushed the door open that he even seemed to realize he was supposed to go in. 

Octavia and Remus stayed by the doorway to give Jaws space as he looked around. There were still 2 beds on either side of the room. Still a window shining down onto the desk. Still drawings and poems and unfinished ideas for plays hung on the walls, by now the pages had yellowed. Still their childhood toys laying here and there. Still on the desk sat the wooden crowns painted silver and gold the brothers had made for themself with the help of their mother when they'd been 7.

Jaws stood in the middle of the room with his arms hung loosely by his sides. His eyes wandered aimlessly over the furniture. His eyes were filled with nothingness.

"he doesn't remember" Remus mumbled. The urge to cry pressed on in his throat.

"I've been looking for a therapist specifying in amnesia. Maybe she can help"

"it's not amnesia! it's just- his brain is just- it's destroyed- they withered him out! they made him hollow! i'm so tired of having to miss him even when he is right there!"

It was good that Jaws didn't seem to hear them. He was completely detached. Everything was washing over him like a brief wind in spring. He took a few steps deeper into the room to try and follow the orders better.

His eyes got stuck staring at the window. The sun was blaring in making long shadows go over the desk. He went closer and looked at the desk. The crowns were bathing in light. Jaws reached out and picked up the one painted silver. What felt like thunder hit his head, it was like his skull would split from the pain.

Roman turned around. His eyes wandered around the room in a panic.

"Where's Remus!?"

In an instant Remus and Octavia had gone silent. Remus let out a choked back sob. He moved forward and put his hands on his brother's shoulders. He looked right into Jaws' eyes.

"I'm right here. It's me. It's Remus" He didn't even dare to sound hopeful.

Jaws stared right through him. The crown slipped through his fingers and fell down onto the ground. There was no recognition in his eyes, not even a sliver of it.

Remus broke out into wave after wave of sobs, they racked his body. He leant his head against his brother's chest and moved his arms around him in a one sided hug. He could hear his mother doing her best to hold back tears.

"i'm right here. i'm right here. please just look at me. please see me. i'm right here" 

He felt strong arms pull him into a hug. A hand stroked through his hair.

"There there. It's okay. Don't cry. I'll protect you" jaws said. It sounded hollow. Like he was just reciting stuff he'd told Virgil "I'll protect you until you stop crying"

Remus' entire body felt weak. He went numb in his brother's arms. Jaws slowly sat down on the ground and let his sibling curl up close to him as he continued to cry. Their mother sat down next to them. She stroked her arm up and down Remus' arm while leaning her head against Jaws' shoulder.

Aside from sniffling and crying and Jaws every now and then repeating 'there there' it was quiet for several minutes. Octavia managed to wipe her tears away and fix her posture.

She opened her words to say something that could brighten the mood, but she couldn't find a single word. They stayed in the depressing state, all looking away at something else. She decided to try and focus on something else, at least for a little while.

"Dear, you're tired. Let's go have dinner and then we can talk about this, I suppose. For now Ro- Jaws can go to Virgil, if he wants to" She turned to him "Want to go see Virgil, honey?" He nodded.

The three of them got up off the floor. The crown was left on the floor as they closed the door behind them.

Remy and Virgil was sitting on the teen's bed. Emo music was blasting as the enby put yet another cute hairclip into Viv's hair. He'd gotten a full makeover. Black nails, eyeliner that looked like bat wings, even some dark blush on his cheeks to make him look more like a Tim Burton character. He was already shining and he shone up even more when he saw Jaws.

Jaws embraced his friend tightly and let himself be pulled onto the bed so Virgil could sit on his lap like a small cat. Remy noticed the somber expression on their husband's face and quickly packed up their makeup. They sent Jaws a bright smile when they felt his hand patting their head. They let out an even quicker bye before leaving with their husband.

The three of them sat down in the garden. People had started to set the table. Remus explained in a low murmur everything that happened with Jaws. Remy held his hand the entire time. When he was done, he looked close to tears, but his spouse exclaimed.

"Babe!! That's great!!! He's so close to breaking through!!! He just needs to heal!!"

"You sure?" Remus didn't have much hope left to give.

"I'm like super duper sure. Octavia you got any ideas?"

"Well..." Even she had a hard time finding anything positive "....I have been looking for suitable therapists for both my son and Virgil"

"Even better!! He just needs helps. I'm sure of it!"

Remy's hope managed to light some sort of spark within the other two, even if it was only a small flicker. They spent the entire dinner discussing different therapists. About how to help them. About if they could ever take out the metal teeth. There was a sorl around them from the other people but they sat in their little bubble. The food came and went. The people came and went. Until the candles had been lit and the moon was about to rise.

Remus had his head in Remy's lap. He let out a yawn while mumbling out some response to a question his mom had asked. She was about to reply when she suddenly went quiet and looked over to one of the pillar's.

A head barely peaked forward. It was Virgil. He stared at them for a few seconds before stepping out onto the grass. He was holding onto Jaws' hands and was pretty much dragging him with him. 

"....uh....hi...Madam....and you two......could we....uhm i mean....a nice lady asked if she should bring us food to our room....but.....Jawsie....he...uh...he told me...he wanted to eat dinner with you....uhm he's....the island is giving him really bad headaches......do you think uhm...apples helps against headaches? he brought a lot of apples...the headaches are making him feel weird he says...like uhhhh....weird feelings...uhhhh like he's gonna puke and stuff"

Octavia went soft, she always did that around kids. "Oh honey, don't worry we have some painkillers, I'll fetch some for him later. Of course you can eat here"

"Thanks ma'am" 

Virgil dragged Jaws with him to the table. They sat a bit away. Jaws stared down into the table. The teen mumbled to his friend while pointing to each of the people. Remus could just about overhear him saying

"that's Remy. they're very cool and pretty and smart. and they can paint faces and shoot stuff. they're not single"

Jaws nodded along to all of it. He tilted his head at one of the pillars. He lowered his head and whispered something to Virgil. The teen held up his hand before nervously asking.

"Uhm ma'am....uhm Jawsie...he uh noticed there's a lot of octopuses around here....uhm is it like an organization....he uh....octopuses makes his headache worse...also his teeth start to hurt....uhm...yeah"

Octavia leant forward, she had a soft smile on her lips "It's a long story, if you'd like to here. but yes it is a sort of organization. My organization"

Virgil glanced over to his friend before nodding "We'd like to here the long story please"

She let up into a delighted expression as she started to explain the history of the Octopussy clan, all the way from her father to today. She intentionally left out the part about James Bond. Somewhere around the middle of the story Remy got up and mumbled something to their husband about helping out with the dishes before leaving.

By the end of it Virgil still looked interested even if his eyelids were drooping and his head kept lolling to the side. Jaws had nodded along the entire time even if his expression hadn't changed.

"That's so cool ma'am....Octopuses are so cool...they have so many arms....so many....so cool" He yawned out.

Octavia let out a chuckle "Thank you" She whispered to her son "It's been an eventful day hasn't it. We all should probably head to bed, before that hoodie becomes his bed for the night"

"Good idea"

Remus stretched before getting up. He held out his arms and let Virgil latch onto him like a lil koala. He looked over to his brother but to his delight Jaws didn't seem anxious over him carrying his friend.

By the time they'd gotten to the room Virgil had almost fallen asleep. Remus decided changing clothes and washing off the make up could happen tomorrow. He tucked the teen into bed and hunched down to press a kiss to his forehead. 

Virgil managed to open his eyes ever so slightly "is every day like this? just...just eating together....talking.....not being scared...or is it jus because it's my first day?"

Remus lightly traced his thumb over the teen's hand "I promise every day is like this. Every day will be like whatever you want it to be"

"hmmm....Then....I want my day to be me to beating things with a bat and screaming along to the Gerard man!!"

"Oh I LOVe that idea!! I've done the same many a time. We can start immediately tomorrow! I'm sure there's some old toasters laying around!!" He let out an evil cackle. Virgil let out a tired cackle right along with him.

"I..I'm always so nervous before sleep...I don't wanna get nightmares" Virgil closed his eyes "...but i'm not nervous tonight...."

"Glad to hear it kid. Goodnight you lil bastard"

"goodnight stinky gremlin"

Remus stood up and let out a smile at the peaceful look on Virgil's face. Jaws laid down in the bed beside him, he hesitated before waving a goodbye to the person he couldn't yet recognise as his brother. His brother waved right back with a bright smile before quietly leaving.

All of Jaws's dream that night would be about him in a neverending field, chasing after a person in green he never quite could catch.

Octavia was just about to leave the garden when Remus got back. He'd stopped by the kitchen on the way there but Remy hadn't been nowhere to be found. He gave his mom a goodnight hug that lasted a bit longer than usual before asking.

"Any chance you'd seen my Remy?"

"I think I saw them go towards your room"

"Kay. Remind me to find toasters tomorrow" Remus turned to walk away but his mom tapped his shoulder.

"Hey son?"

"Mhm?"

"Everything will be alright"

"Yeah...I think I know that..I hope so"

Remus walked through the hallways. He and Remy had their own room for when they stayed over. Warm light was shining out from under the door. He stepped into the room and immediately let out into a dorky laugh.

"Wow" Was all he got out.

"Hi reeeemmuus baaabeeey"

Remy was laying on their bed with a bottle of champagne in their hand. They had on their red nightdress with finely embroidered details. The room was lit up by a few candles placed here and there. They got up at the same time Remus closed the door behind him. They picked up to glasses from the bedside table and filled them with champagne.

"I just thought we could celebrate. We did finish a mission after all"

"That you have right in"

They gave him a glass. The couple clinked their glasses together before both taking long sips. Remy put down the champagne bottle so they could grab onto Remus' shirt collar. 

"So we'll celebrate in the only suitable way after such an important mission" 

They pulled him closer and kissed him long and hard. His lips tasted like champagne and his mustache tickled them like always. When they pulled back a wide grin played on their lips.

"We're gonna play Mario Kart aaalllll night!!"

Remus lit up like a christmas tree "FUCK YEAH! I*m gonna beat your ass!! Your Peach is nothing against my motherfucking WALUIGI!!"

Remy let out a giggle "We'll see about that"

The tv got turned on along with 2 wii controllers. The couple continued to kiss while the game loaded. Remus moved his arms around their back to keep them as close as possible while they cupped his cheeks. They let out even more giggles as he littered playful kisses along their jawline.

"Oh Remus"

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In another part of the word a hand was writing notes into a notebook that was held together by duct tape. The scribbles of notes were written hastily next to photos that had been printed out and glued onto the pages. Next to the notebook sat a stolen ring. A ring with an octopus marking engraved into it.

When the page had been filled the hand put down the pen to read through everything once more. Every single word on the page was about a person. Remus Bond Smythe. The hand traced their fingers over the blurry photos of the agent.

"Just another Bond. Just another horrid Bond. All I need is one more lead and I'll find that Remus. He should be grateful for the time he has left"

The End

Thanks for reading <3

The characters will return in the sequel "Kill James Bond"