She knew she made him reaffirm the trust a lot, but she needed to hear it said sometimes. And when he threw an arm around her it suprised her more than anything else. Ruby had slept with him, had seen him at his most vulnrable. But this, an arm around her. That was something different. That was a show of trust, a physical visible show of it.
She helped him to his feet and linked her arm in his as she lead him back toward the hotel wondering briefly how much of that the Slayer had seen, she hoped she'd left them to it, something like what had transpired just now would remain between them. Unspoken.
"You're gonna be okay Sam. I promise" she told him. And he would be. She knew he would be, no matter what she needed to do to see it happen