"I think you can, too," Alfred said, tone indulgent. He wouldn't have suggested it if he'd had any serious doubts, and she'd been doing well with the Wanderer so far on their trip. Besides, the weather was fair enough and the route ahead was clear; he wasn't putting her into any difficult situations, at least that he knew of. "But if you change your mind, just wake me up and I'll help you anchor her. Or —" Alfred grinned mischievously and leaned over to kiss her neck. "If you decide you want to join me."
He was still a little in awe of the fact that he could just do this now, and he felt a little thrill of adrenaline when he kissed her, as though they were breaking a rule. They weren't — this was sort of the entire point of honeymoons — but they'd spent so long sneaking around and trying to avoid being caught by her family that it still hadn't really sunk in that now that they were married, no one would care what they got up to on their own.
He was still a little in awe of the fact that he could just do this now, and he felt a little thrill of adrenaline when he kissed her, as though they were breaking a rule. They weren't — this was sort of the entire point of honeymoons — but they'd spent so long sneaking around and trying to avoid being caught by her family that it still hadn't really sunk in that now that they were married, no one would care what they got up to on their own.
MJ made the most Alfredy of sets and then two years later she made it EVEN BETTER