Had Reuben not suffered through a crash course on the mess that was labor, Melody might have disagreed. She was still bleeding heavily and her breasts leaked through her dress seemingly every hour. But, he had handled her water breaking on his bare feet well enough and had delivered their daughter without running in terror. Maybe he would be alright with any other accidental bodily fluids she expelled.

"Okay," she agreed with a small smile. Sex was out of the question, of course. Even if Miss Moony hadn't encouraged her against it Melody would've shied away from any advances. Everything was still sore and her stomach was oddly wobbly. "Just ... Nora wakes often and I'm still - well, nothing is as it was before pregnancy." She was blushing down to her toes.

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