Curse her inexplicable weakness for little brothers. She can imagine the scenario perfectly but she can't imagine Mikey so instead her brain supplies the image of pre-growth spurt Alex and gangly newly adult but still looking fifteen himself Daniel, wrestling with the same ease Daniel had put him in a headlock on their wedding day.

She does not mention her husband in the shower though.

"I got a gnarly sunburn once around the same time, fell asleep at the beach, and it peeled off in chunks like this? It was disgusting but also, man, it felt so good." Peeling glue off her hands paled in comparison but scratched the same itch Carmy is inadvertently scratching now. She decides she is clean enough for now and loops her already clean arm around his neck to haul him in and kiss him, pleased with the ease of doing so since he isn't very much taller than her.