Title: "Pretending they don't know" Author:littleblackbow Characters: Jim Potter, Alstromeria Smith Fandom: Harry Potter/Allieverse Rating: G Word Count: 205
Jim left the shiny gold tinsel on the table by the tree and snuck into the kitchen. Seeing his wife standing there at the counter, kneading the dough for the rolls, he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing the back of her neck. "Did you know that you are the most beautiful woman in the universe?"
Alstromeria laughed. "Why do you think I had to grow such a nose? To keep from being more beautiful than Aphrodite, of course," she said, and powdered Jim's nose with flour.
He released her to her cooking and wandered over to the counter where the sauce for the plum pudding was chilling. "Where's India?"
"With your father."
"And Lyon?"
Allie put the pan of dough into the oven. "He finished his nap about quarter past and I think your dad has him, as well."
"So, where's my dad?"
Alstromeria turned around and leaned against the counter, wiping her hands off on the towel again. "Last I saw, with my dad, practically sitting in his lap on the sofa." She rolled her eyes.
"They're still pretending we don't know?"
"Darling," she said, kissing him on the cheek. "Sometimes they're still pretending they don't know."