Darker London

The kids were in bed and Stephie was working a late shift, which meant that Thomas and Mary were essentially alone in the house. Thomas had disappeared upstairs to take a shower, and by the time he returned, he found Mary lying on the bed in the guest room, her hand between her legs.

( WELP )

Thomas knew he needed to speak to Stephie after his encounter with Mary the previous night. Not because he was impatient to be with Mary again, but because he didn't want to hide what he was feeling from Stephie, ever.

He waited until they dropped the kids off at school, and had returned home. "Post-school drop off coffee?" he suggested with a smile. "I'd like to discuss something, if that's okay." Then, quickly, because he didn't want her to assume said 'something' was bad, he added, "it's not a bad thing! Just a thing."