It had been...a while since he'd been kissed. Granted, he'd been a bit busy, thinking about other things, and after what had happened to him anything to do with anyone's unmentionables had been so very far off the table it was in the dumpster.

All that aside, she did look pretty good naked. (Yeah, he hadn't forgotten. Nine months later, and here they are.)

"Didn't think you'd ever be the one to ask it," he said. "Your attitude towards me's lately's been one of...I'm trying to think of a better word than loathing." Theirs has been a complicated relationship, even before approximately ten seconds ago. "And anyway," he said with a chuckle, "as a journalist, aren't I supposed to be the one asking the questions?" He leaned in to kiss her.