Alfred watched her watching the pond for a second. He wanted to say you could have told me, but they both knew that wasn't true. And even if she had, would it have changed anything? Zelda had already been feeling insecure about his interactions with Jo even before he'd had that moment during their last fight, even before the scene in his stairwell during the blizzard and the midnight conversation that followed. What could he have done differently, if he'd known?
She looked so small. He wished he could put his hand on her shoulder, but he didn't want to attract any attention. He waited a long moment, thinking, before he eventually spoke again. "The one thing you said you'd change. It wasn't having her," he said slowly, as though he was trying to work it out. "It was coming back."
She looked so small. He wished he could put his hand on her shoulder, but he didn't want to attract any attention. He waited a long moment, thinking, before he eventually spoke again. "The one thing you said you'd change. It wasn't having her," he said slowly, as though he was trying to work it out. "It was coming back."
MJ made the most Alfredy of sets and then two years later she made it EVEN BETTER