Winter's Embrace

It’s a cold Winter night.

Penelope and I return from a mission feeling exhausted.

Penelope puts everything in her bag away.

I help her.

Penelope and I then have a shower together.

Penelope uses shea sugar scrub.

It smells so wonderful…like peppermint.

It IS peppermint!

We spend our shower keeping ourselves fresh and pure.

After our shower, Penelope dries herself and puts on her pyjamas.

I do the same.

Penelope brushes my hair with a soft bristled hairbrush.

We apply lip gloss onto our cracked, dry lips.

We apply perfume onto ourselves so we smell twice as fresh.

Then it is time to head to bed.

What a busy day we’ve had.

Lil makes two warm mugs of cocoa from the kitchen.

Parker brings them in for us.

That cocoa tastes delicious to both of us.

It’s Lady Penelope’s favourite type.

It’s even better with marshmallows and cream.

It’s even better than apple cider.

We then settle down to watch The Snowman.

Penelope is in tears when the Snowman melts.

“Is anything wrong, Penelope?” I ask.

“Nothing’s wrong. It’s just that I’ll always be with you.”

We both hug, Penelope crying into my shoulders.

With the TV off, we head straight to bed.

This bed is so cosy and soft.

“Goodnight, Penelope.” “Goodnight, darling.”