Pepper swallowed back her admonitions, with a slight colour of guilt flooding her cheeks. Of course she shouldn't have immediately jumped to the conclusion that he was drinking again. It was a hard reflex to push back, even after all this time, but even if he was, he would have been smarter than that about hiding it.
She considered before giving a sheepish nod of acceptance. Why not? The both of them had been working hard.
"You sure?" she asked, but smiled and accepted the glass with a laugh, "Don't ask me to break another for a least a year."