Much reached over and poked her through the covers as a parting gift, before heading for the bathroom himself - quickly, because it was cold outside the covers and because he was eagerly looking forward to climbing back underneath them with Erato.
He was nice though, made sure the water was running hot so it didn't give his hands the chance to cool down.
(And he checked his phone quickly on the way back, for any disasters - nothing, though, so he could try to put everything out of his head till morning at least.)
Back inside her curtained bed, he burrowed into the covers with her and held out his arms. "Promise no beastly ice fingers," he said with an innocent smile.