[She's not sure if she's trying to distract him or reassure him, maybe a little of both. And maybe she needs a little bit of reassurance, too, that he's not annoyed at her for being so casual about the violence in her past.
The reason doesn't really matter, after a little while, because she gets caught up in just kissing him, in the fact they can do this, finally, and there's no guilt tearing her up.
Without breaking the kiss, she reaches back to ease her shoes off, then wriggles a little until her legs are around his waist and she can get a bit closer. She's sure he won't mind her getting comfortable in his lap.]
[It's not that he's annoyed; he's just... worried. But that seems to be a constant in his life.
Anyway, her tactic works: he's plenty distracted and just reassured enough that all those thoughts flit away, and no, he doesn't mind that at all. How could he? In fact, he thinks it's such a good idea that he toes his shoes off as well, then pulls away from her just long enough to lose his jacket and tie.
[Stanley, you worry Saul so much. He watches this unfold, wondering if he should do something about it or not, but he figures it's wiser to wait for Stan to ask and —
Ah, there we go.
He rolls his eyes, too, but he's not going to be a dick about it. Stan might be surprised by how easy it is for Saul to scoop him up and place him back in bed — sure, Stan's pretty twiggy, but Saul's handling him like a feather.
And what I said about the three of us working together to support Skyler, that goes double for you and me in regards to the kid. It doesn't take much to throw him off-kilter.
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