Martha had been very engrossed in the story. As soon as she realized what the movie was, she'd gathered up a pocket full of toilet paper and bar napkins in lieu of the tissue that she would have preferred. It's a Wonderful Life was just one of those movies that she practically was in tears for all the way through.

There were more tears there than usual, of course. Until she'd started watching this, Martha hadn't realized that it was Christmas. Her attempts to fix things with Severus had been a mad slap-dash way of not actually dealing with the fact that forever here meant 'forever without your family.'

But she was reminded that not all of her family were locked dimensions away when there was the tap on her shoulder. Quickly Martha turned and smiled with a slightly damp face., Looking to the film and back to him, Martha offered the answer in a whisper. "It's an old movie. From before they could color film."