AN: This takes places immediately after the end of Chapter 24. I really liked writing that chapter and I don't mean to brag but I thought it was bloody good so I wanted to continue! This is just a quick night-time frolic for my favourite couple before they had their kids.

Summary: Marius and Cosette are still trying to have a baby

Marius sighed in contentment against the warmth of his wife's neck as he recovered from his exertions, they had just made love but they weren't tired in the slightest yet.

"I never feel like once is enough with you Cosette" he said, kissing her shoulder and neck.

"Well we have all night; we can go again if you want to" She told him as she stroked his hair "I'm not at all tired yet".

Marius smiled against her warm skin; he used to think Cosette was so prim and proper before they'd been married, as it turned out she was just as amorous as he was most of the time and he loved that about her.

He pulled up and looked her in the eyes, "Give me a minute to recover, then I'll wear you out I promise". He then kissed her lips before collapsing down next to her on the bed.

"We can't do this as much once we have a baby" He whispered with a smile as he put his hands behind his head, feeling utterly relaxed.

Cosette cuddled up next to him, her chest was still bare as their bed sheets were bunched at their waists but neither of them cared, this was the room they were both allowed to be completely free and exposed and that's exactly what they did.

"Why not?" she asked him innocently

"Well for starters you'll be pregnant for nine months; we can't make love when you're pregnant darling. It wouldn't be right" Marius told her.

"Oh….of course" she said with a trace of disappointment, as if she had only just realised that fact.

"Don't worry, there are still plenty of things we can do" he said, winking at her slyly which made her smile bashfully. She knew fully well there were other ways of making love that didn't involve penetration; as he had taught her most of those things in the short time they had been married so far.

Cosette stroked his chest and shoulders delicately with her fingers, her hair was loose and strands of it were gently brushing over him. "I'm sure you won't want me anyway when I'm pregnant". She said

"I always want you Cosette" Marius told her

"Oh really? So will you promise to still love me when I'm fat and housebound?" she asked him, remembering how her friend Helen was confined to her house recently when she had grown too heavy with child to conceal it, as if it were somehow scandalous for a married woman to be seen outdoors whilst pregnant.

"Of course, I'll never stop loving you". Marius assured her "And when you are housebound it'll just mean I can keep you to myself all the time. What could be better than that?"

Cosette smiled at him as she rested her head on his chest and he closed his eyes for a moment, both of them savouring the joy that only comes from after making love. She watched him silently and thought about how wonderful it would be to carry his baby, there was really nothing more she wanted in the world, except maybe for her father to still be alive, but she knew there was no way to change that so she focused on what could still be.

"How many children would you like?" Cosette asked him

"Twelve" he answered with a devious smile which made Cosette look slightly worried for a moment until she realised he was joking and sighed in relief.

"No, not really" He then said, laughing slightly. "I don't know I haven't thought about it, maybe three".

"Three?" Cosette said thoughtfully, "That's a good number. Or maybe four"

"Definitely more than one" Marius said, "I don't want them growing up lonely".

"Me either" Cosette said.

"God I was so lonely living here as a boy" Marius said, putting his arm around his wife "I don't want that for our children, I just want them to be happy. If our son wants to be a lawyer I'd like that, but if he wants to sell books in a shop by the seine I'll still be proud of him".

Cosette smiled warmly at the thought of having a son with her husband, and he continued talking. "Most of all I want our children to know they're loved by their parents. I'll never lie to them like my grandfather did".

"I don't think we have to worry about that" Cosette said, "I love them already".

"What do you mean?" Marius asked her

"I mean I love the idea of having children with you" she said, looking at him again. "I can't wait to have them; I can already imagine what they'll look like. Ever since I married you I've wanted to have your children. No, it was before that even. When I fell in love with you in my garden I knew I wanted my children to look like you, I only want them with you Marius, I only want this life if it's with you".

"Well that's just ridiculous Cosette" Marius said which once again made her look worried "Why would you want them to look like me?"

"Oh I think you know why" Cosette said, raising herself up on one arm "Because you're so terribly handsome. Also you're smart, brave, and so very wonderful". She said with a coy smile.

"Well that's true, I am all those things". He said smugly

"And so modest too" Cosette said, leaning in to kiss him again. "Anyway, if we have a son I want him to be just like you".

"What about a daughter?" Marius asked. As he turned on his side to face her "I'd like our girl to be as beautiful as you are" He said as he began nuzzling her shoulder.

"You'll regret that as soon as men start to notice her" Cosette said as Marius gently climbed on top of her again, clearly ready for another go.

"Well then we'll put her in a convent" Marius said absent-mindedly

"Oh no! We can't do that to her" Cosette squealed, remembering her years in Petit Picpus. It hadn't been horrible, in fact she had been quite happy there, but it wasn't the warmest environment she had known and if it hadn't been for her fathers love she thought it could have been quite insufferable for her there. "Besides, I grew up in a convent remember, but you still got your hands on me and made me a woman didn't you?".

"That's true, I did" Marius said with a smile as he began kissing the concave between her breasts, making her shudder.

"You reprobate" She said coyly as she felt her husbands lips all over her.

"Mmm, I'm terrible aren't I?" he said as his kisses continued.

"I think I'd like a little boy first, and then a little girl later" Cosette added, her mind wandering back to the topic that had led to the evenings events.

"Mmm hmm" Marius muttered in agreement, too distracted by her body to say anything else.

Cosette sighed gently and started to feel slightly sad again, for she wanted a child so badly.

"We will have them wont we Marius?" she asked her husband

"Of course we will" he said as he stopped and looked into her eyes "And I don't know what they will be like; I don't think anyone can predict that. But I know this Cosette, they will be loved. They'll be ours and they'll be so loved".

He began kissing her again after he said that, and Cosette felt herself wrap her legs tightly around him.

"I want them" She whispered to him as he entered her for the second time that night

"We'll have them I promise" He whispered back

Some people have told me all my stories seem to end with M/C in bed together...Well yeah it's true. But I like writing about that! Besides it's 1833, there wasn't a lot else to do back then and I'm not imaginative enough to think of anything else.