He might not want people to know, but Claire knew, without him saying anything at all, that this was just one stage of his fears. When Sam came through this, and he would, other fears would take top position.
"You could do that, but you were just over there before I left," she said, then nodded toward the food. "Eat first. Then go check on him again."
The first prodding had been silent offering, the second prodding a blatant tempting and the third prodding was a softly voiced order. She likely wouldn't go as far as smushing the food against his mouth like she'd done before when out drinking, because there was nothing truly humorous here, so prod three was the final goal.