"Ah, yes," he said, grin splitting his features, momentarily looping an arm about her shoulders to squeeze her tight, "and you are so famed for doing things which are easy, aren't you."

He dropped his hand. Best not to linger, and best too not to stare too earnestly. Still, there was an easiness to his smile which had been rare enough of late. He could feel it himself, in how strange the expression seemed to him. "I'll propose it to her, then."