Cougar huffs and refrains from lecturing Jake about the fact that he knows what he's saying and novio can be boyfriend and partner just as much as it can be the husband that he's going to become, one day. He shakes his head, but lifts his forearm to cover his forehead as he relaxes, indulging in the second best way to wake up in the mornings.

(The first, of course, being all curled in a pile with the children while the rain outside gives them no reason to be up, with breakfast hot and ready and waiting)