Who Wears the Pants Scene 209

Anita pulled the duvet down quietly and slipped into bed without disturbing Howard’s slumbering body. After setting the alarm, she turned out the bedside lamp and rolled over on her side facing Howard. The starlight streaming through the open curtains illuminated Howard’s childlike body making him look like a changling child that some dark elf had left in the night in place of her husband. Anita smiled in the semidarkness and stroked the hair on the back of his head affectionately, then laid her arm protectively over her husband’s shoulders. Howard stirred at her touch and rolled over unconsciously to near her comforting presence.