it’d be so funny if mi6 just had a completely different three years than liam and sherlock and albert all did.
like… liam goes, “oh! but louis, tell me what you all did when we were gone! it must have been hard… but i’m sure it went well, yeah? :)” expecting to hear some stories about atoning or protecting the stability of the british empire or whatever.
and louis is just white knuckling his wine glass because fred tamed a bear and it lives in the basement, moniepeny accidentally became the idol of a cult, bonde crashed his car thing into parliament and he still hasn’t finished the paperwork about that, von herder regularly shoots cannonballs through his bedroom floor, and he hasn’t slept for a solid week.
and he just meets liam’s eye and says “……..fine.”
because honestly? the rest of mi6 had to bodily hold him back from assaulting a visiting diplomat in the street last week, so fuck it, if they keep his secret, he’ll keep theirs.