Marriage First, Mate Second
he asks me, “And in what regard will you continue to disobey me, my love?”
He has calmed a little, and his raised eyebrow lets me know that he is teasing now.
“Oh, pretty much in every regard,” I tell him lightly, “ I’ll eat those terrible but wonderful cookies that you despise..”
“Ugh, no, not that,” he says, laughing, “They have raisins in them. RAISINS! Raisins are an abomination! I should have them banned throughout the lands!”
He smiles when he says this. A true smile. The storm is passing for now.