He needed to be sure that this was all okay. Because, like Ruby, Sam didn't really know what he was doing here. Technically, he was still a married man. He was well on his way to his divorce and he had stopped wearing his ring over the past couple days, but legally the marriage was still there. Binding him to Lois until they finalized things. Now, obviously, this wasn't the first time that Sam had been with another woman while he was still attached to Lois. He'd slept with Ruby at that Christmas part, he had accidentally slipped up a few times here and there when things got too stressful with other women, and then he'd done the same thing all over again at work in the middle of an elevator with, again, Ruby. He didn't feel as guilty about it the last time as he used to. Last time, with Ruby, it felt like it was supposed to happen. Would it feel like that this time too? It had always felt so strange to be with other women before, even when his stated cheating was actual cheating. Not this, in this entirely new situation. But this was different. He felt things for Ruby. She wasn't just some meaningless woman that he'd met up with and decided to have a fun, mutual...whatever with. Ruby made him care. She made him feel something on the inside that he hadn't felt in years from another person. He squeezed at her leg lightly, then nodded. This was what she wanted. To hell with Lois, to hell with everyone else. They were in the privacy of her home. He could kiss her. It was just them. And just them was how it was supposed to be for now.
He reached out, fingers gently sliding along the side of her chin. Sam dragged this thumb across her bottom lip, tracing the area quietly before he leaned in and replaced his thumb with his mouth. He'd show her. Everything that she wanted to feel - everything that she needed to feel. Sam would make sure that she spent the rest of her time with him feeling nothing but comfort if he had anything to say about it. They'd get rid of that image of the woman crying by her front door and replace it with something better. Something happier and brighter and more worthy of who she was. He kissed her softly at first, but then allowed that single kiss to progress into something stronger; something that would truly show Ruby that she was far from being alone right now.