Alfred held out one arm so that he could embrace her when she settled in next to him. He leaned in to her, closed his eyes, and smelled her hair. All he wanted was for her to be happy. Was this helping her to be happy? If she didn't want to work, then he'd work doubly hard to ensure she never had to. On the other hand, he hoped that she hadn't felt pressured to resign because it was what people did. He didn't think she would have done it just because of societal pressure, but he'd returned to work sooner than she had, so he didn't know exactly who she'd been talking to or which narratives they'd pushed. She still felt, at least to him, somewhat fragile from the ordeal of birth.
"Is this what you want?" he eventually asked.
"Is this what you want?" he eventually asked.
MJ made the most Alfredy of sets and then two years later she made it EVEN BETTER