"She does, and I don't mind. It's not like she's making an extra effort for me. All the kids get the settling down and having kids conversations and we all love her anyway!" He really didn't mind unless he was having an incredibly bad day. Frankly some of the others had it worse given they were already in relationships.
He nodded slightly, screwing up the now empty bag of nuts he'd munched his way through. "Yeah, I should get around to setting something up, but as my staff will tell you I'm awful about taking time off. The time I'm taking after this is going to be my first in... a while." He wasn't bothered by his lack of holidays really, he liked keeping busy. "I should owl someone though see if they've got something coming up I can slot in with."
His breath shifted deeper for a second and he spotted her looking at his leg. "Are we about ready to get back to it?" he asked, preparing to lie back down again so they could finish up. At least this time he'd be expecting his reaction and Stacey already knew it was just tattoo related.