Pepper huffed at his decision. Fine. That was fine. He could just be -

Oh no, that wasn't -

"Oy! Gerroff!" she shrieked as she was tackled, feeling Adam's fingers wriggle against her stomach until it tickled so bad it almost hurt. He was the best at that. She'd nearly forgotten.

He had his weak spots too, but not as many as she or Brian, or Wensley. If she could just get at his feet, or his neck, or just behind his ear.... ah, there we go. She had both hand scrabling at his throat, and if he wanted to stop her, he'd have to pin her hands down first.

She had forgotten that maybe Brian would want payback from her tickling him, of course.