...noon. And she didn't leave work terribly early, it wasn't all that much before five. Dear, oh dear. Lots of water, then, when he's ready. A bath and sleep, definitely sleep.

But first they can stand here as long as he needs to. They'll get nowhere if she goes steering him around the apartment and he gets dizzy.

"You were really that bored while I was at work?" She shifts a little closer, careful not to jar him, coaxing his head down to her shoulder.