"'Unless you have something to say about that too.' Were those not the words that just left your mouth thirty seconds ago. You assume I have something to say about everything." Jess had always been careful about what he said to her. It was exhausting, but necessary to keep the peace sometimes. He slipped once and look where they were.

"I asked where your ring was, you gave a reasonable excuse, a flimsy one, but I accepted it. And now we're standing in my bedroom arguing about Merlin knows what." Despite the fact that he didn't want to fight with her, they'd ended up here anyway.