Stevie saw no harm in being a little bit of a dork just then. Guiding her arm around his back, so he could thread her fingers with the opposing hand, then settled his arm around her shoulders. Too much time had been spent a part, and he wanted her as close as they could get and still walk.
"Then don't. Call her what you want, babe. I call her Mommy like I always have." He gave her a very noisy kiss on the cheek.