“I suppose you could lie, but I imagine the people at Lifetime get angry about that kinda thing,” he contemplated. The idea of his life as a Lifetime movie was pretty ridiculous, he wondered if they’d completely erase the whole escort section or if they’d just dust over the top of it really quickly. “You should, who knows, maybe it could be a unique business thing, you paint and act as a chin rest simultaneously.” He patted her head lightly one before moving his arm back to his side.

He hates to break the comfortable bubble they’re in and ask, because he himself knows he hates the question. But sometimes it’s better to put the question out there and let it get shot down than to ignore it entirely, “Are you ok?”