[Ned still blinks in surprise, pausing for a fraction of a second to glance at Jacob for that. If he were more confident in this whole relationship thing than he is right now, he'd have something witty to say about how he can get used to that, but not today.

Best plan: ignore it. He hums and squeezes Jacob's hand a little. The smirk is back.] Oh, you should've been there—I even got into fights. You think the bad neighborhoods are bad now, but let me tell you, this is the soft and gentle London compared to a couple years ago.