"Do you want to change in the bathroom or shall I?" Richard asks helping Hyacinth up after he stands up.
"I'll change in the bathroom." Hyacinth pulls a nightgown out of the dresser and walks into the bathroom.
Richard gets his pyjamas out and begins to change. He sighs as he thinks about the fact that his wife isn't comfortable changing in front of him. He's changed into his pyjama pants and is about to put his shirt on when he feels eyes on his bare back. He turns quickly and sees his wife standing in the doorway to the bathroom. She's holding her clothes in her arms and her eyes are wide watching her husband. Richard quickly pulls his shirt on. "Sorry, I didn't realize I'd taken so much time to change."
Hyacinth sets her clothes down on the bench at the end of the bed. "It's alright, I don't mind. I'd forgotten how handsome you are." Hyacinth stills Richard's hands and encourages him to leave his shirt unbuttoned for the moment. She wraps her arms around his waist and leans her cheek on his bare chest.
Richard kisses the top of Hyacinth's head. She's being more affectionate than she's been in a long time. "We still need to get some sleep, darling, for morning will come quickly for both of us."
Hyacinth nods against Richard's chest and they slowly pull apart. Richard buttons his pyjama top. Hyacinth slips between the sheets on one side of the bed and Richard walks around to the other side of the bed and climbs in next to his wife. Hyacinth pulls the blanket up around her and waits for Richard to settle down. He lies down on his side facing away from his wife. Even though they've just had a breakthrough in their relationship Richard doesn't always like to hold his wife while he's sleeping. "Hold me, Richard." Hyacinth requests of her husband.
Richard rolls over and wraps his arm around his wife. Hyacinth snuggles back against her husband. It may have been many years since they've slept in the same bed, but they seem to have fallen back into their patterns from their early married years easily. "Are you comfortable Hyacinth?" Richard whispers in the dark.
"Yes my darling," Hyacinth cuddles into the blankets and relishes the feeling of her husband's arms around her.
The room is quiet and as Richard falls asleep he can hear the waves crash onto the beach in the distance. The sound of the ocean calms him and he's soon fast asleep.