The weight of Marcus' arm around her shoulders was always comforting and after delicately dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief, Bryony felt recovered enough to resume normal activities. Despite still feeling like Marcus had just turned her world on its axis, she gave him as bright a smile as she had when he'd told her about the Quidditch tickets.
"You wanted me to slice the squash and the peppers," she remembered, giving one last look at his arm. It was still amazing, to see something other than the Mark. Even more so now she realised it was her own sketch... She knew he preferred to cook by hand, so she found a knife and set to slicing the squash into neat chunks.
She tried to think of another topic which was sometimes a struggle for her, even with Marcus. It was just hard to believe anyone could be interested in her life. "Braith finished another piece for the show yesterday," she offered.