His palpable mortification just adds fuel to the fire, and she honestly feels unable to breathe for laughing so much. How could this be the same man who had refused to even crack a smile in front of humans on the colony..? Anyone else might have found it hard to believe, but not Lilith, she had always known this lovable idiot was hiding underneath.

It takes a good five minutes for the laughter to taper off, leaving her chest heaving and tears in the corner of her eyes as she tilts her head to look at the ball of woe her husband had become.

"The happiest woman alive. Now don't look so despondent, you know I would sacrifice my pride in exactly the same way, with just one request from you."