Re: Alastor - Marlene
"You could have started with the part where it's water," he pointed out, no heat to his voice. "If it's only water, it's fine."
Chuckling, he wrapped an arm around her waist. "I am,am I? And, we always knew I was never normal." Not that he'd stayed uninterested, of course. He'd just always needed a little nudge to see what was right in front of him.
"I was only pointing out a similar observation of a past pattern. People did marry younger then. I wasn't saying that was how it should be. Look at how young Jamie's parents were. In some ways, it's illustrative of individuals' reactions to events around them."