It takes careful engineering to keep those pants up without pressing. Maternity clothes are more complicated than she would've guessed, particularly when she's been largely unwilling to sacrifice her professional style. (At home, it's a different story; she's embracing sweatpants and he'll find quite a few of his T-shirts suspiciously missing.)

She almost complains as he pulls away, but clearly he has better ideas. With a beaming smile she runs her hand through his hair, impossibly fond. It feels so familiar and yet so different, with the way her body has changed.

"I probably shouldn't be letting you exert yourself too much," she murmurs, amused.