Denis enters Margaret's office at ten to two in the morning. Her office at 10 Downing Street is always strewn with papers and tonight is no different. Margaret has fallen asleep. Her normally perfectly coiffed hair is rumpled. Denis smiles as he looks at Margaret. Her fountain pen is still clutched in her hand. "Come on, M.T. It's time for bed."
"Just 5 more minutes, Denis. I just need to finish this page." Margaret rouses from sleep quickly.
"Now, M.T., when I came in you were fast asleep. You can't go with no sleep forever." Denis remains firm on this point. Margaret is absolutely beastly, more than usual, when she's overtired. He takes Margaret's hand and she slowly stands up and follows him up the stairs. "The bed is awfully empty without you next to me."
"I love when you hold me at night. I'm sorry I'm being so neglectful of you, Denis." Margaret begins to change for bed.
"Well, you do have a country to run, darling. That can't be helped, but you do have to take care of yourself in the process. I can't be waking up late at night and telling you to go to bed." Denis climbs into bed and waits for Margaret.
Margaret sighs as she slips her black pumps off. Nothing feels better than getting her shoes off at the end of the day. She slips out of her skirt suit and reaches for her nightgown. All Denis can see of his wife is her silhouette in front of the window with gentle blue moonlight streaming through the blinds. She's beautiful and Denis loves her dearly. Her hair flattens out as she pulls her nightgown on over her head. She climbs into bed next to Denis. She kisses Denis and rolls over to go to sleep.
Denis sighs heavily as he sinks his head onto his pillow. Margaret and he haven't really talked since she became Prime Minister. He's hardly had anything more than a kiss from her in that time period either. He wraps his arm around her waist as she quickly falls asleep. While Margaret falls asleep quickly Denis lays awake for a long time. He's tired of being ridiculed in the press for playing a non-traditional role in his marriage. He thought he was supporting his wife's career and all he's gotten for his trouble is scorn. Denis looks at the back of Margaret's head with her bouffant hairdo and he loves her dearly and he knows how important her job is, but it's taking over her life and he's suffering for it.