Fred nodded and reached for her free hand so that he could twine their fingers together. Nothing relaxed him more, these days, than holding Angelina's hand.
Which he wasn't quite pathetic enough ever to voice aloud.
"I did, until someone saw fit to wake me. Did you need something?" he asked, eyebrows half raised and a hint of a smile on his lips. "It's only nine, I can't see why we would have to get up already if we didn't want to. And I don't, by the way, so I hope you weren't angling for a hike."