The smile on his wife’s face was already well worth the effort he had put in picking out the kitten and the trouble it had given his this morning, although really it was a small price to pay when he would have happily done so much more. They were still in the first flush so nothing was too much; especially when they did not have another shared joy to see them through Christmas.

This would be enough. If it never happened it would be enough.

“We most certainly are not. I wouldn’t dare try to take her out of this house, so unless she destroys the entire sitting room I daresay we can keep her,” he grinned, reaching to scratch under the kitten’s chin and being soundly growled out. He withdrew his hand, sensing he was about to get swiped, but the creature purred for Adella and that was the main thing.

Still, it would be nice to have its affection given that he wrangled animals for a living! He would just have to be patient, but at the moment it was terrible difficult to stomach.

“Assuming you’d like to of course?”

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never ever changing this Soph set <3