Just as she was about to climb off his lap, he stopped her and she thought she truly saw the rawest person he could be in that moment. His sincerity glared out at her in that simple 'thank you', a sweeter gesture of trust than any ring could ever really show her. He was vulnerable, scared but not broken anymore and maybe that really was thanks to her. Both of them had really been dumb along this road but they loved and trusted each other entirely. He had listened, he had kept calm, talked out his issues instead of lashing out with a bottle.
And now Charlie's Papa could come have a snack time, he could play and watch more cartoons and be fun Papa. Abi just smiled at him and squeezed his arm in return for the thank you. "It's okay. I love you too..." she replied and climbed off his lap. "Let's go see if the little engine that could is awake and hungry yet."