After subduing the stone guardians of the First King's tomb, archeologist and devoted husband Jonas Chumbley was excited to tell his wife about it during their daily call.

"It was so simple once I thought about it, El! The command phrase was on the wall for anyone to read but just anyone shouldn't be able to command the stone guardians of the First King! They wouldn't be very good guardians if anybody off the street could tell them to stand down. Obviously, the guardians would only listen to someone whose authority they recognized. So I called the castle and kept getting bounced around until someone, Gobby I think?, transferred me to the queen. Haha, Miss Queen Jasiri wasn't thrilled about receiving a call but she did authorize the expedition. She eventually agreed to shout at the guardians over speaker phone. Now those big stone boys are all settled down nice and quiet."

Eleanor shook her head fondly. Few men would just try to call up the queen and then also succeed. It was Jonas' straightforward sincerity that made her love him. Of course, there were other things she loved about him too.

She shared his excitement with how the dig was going. It was back on schedule again, so he should be visiting home soon.

"Why don't you send me a little picture to keep you in MY thoughts?" suggested Eleanor.

"I can do that!"

There was a click and a buzz as a picture arrived via text.

Eleanor opened it and laughed. Her silly husband was standing in front of the tomb making a victory sign. It wasn't quite what she had been thinking of though.

"You goof, I was thinking of something a little sexier to keep me warm on these lonely nights until you come home~"

"Oh! I could take a few things off for you."

"Hey, uh, Mrs Dr Chumbley?" piped up another hesitant voice. "This is Alan, his grad student. He had me hold the phone for him to take the picture. Please, please, don't ask him to take his pants off for a dick pic until you teach him how to do selfies."

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Jonas Chumbley owned by me
Art by  Jyinxx