Ron was pleased to find that he was greeted with a smile, rather than one of those "ew, what are you doing here?" expressions that he had become quite familiar with over the years. Between Lavender and Ginny, yeah. Ron knew that face very, very well. Flashing her a wide grin of his own, Ron partially leaned against the opposite side of the counter, giving Steph a cheerful once-over (he missed looking at her, Ron had to admit, which made him sound like a madman who hadn't seen her in years but whatever). "Yeah? Me either. I was sort of walking by -" Liar. "- and I spotted the shop. Remembered that you worked here and all that, so here I am." Ron cast a sideways glance over his shoulder, surveying their surroundings once more. He noticed that the area seemed pretty abandoned. Ron had expected as much from a book shop. But a comic shop? Really?
"I take it you haven't been terribly busy, eh?" He grinned again, turning back to face Steph. Ron's eyes found her hands, immediately taking in the sight of the ring that he'd once been entirely determined to slide across her finger...on her finger. Confused at the sight of it, Ron shot Steph a baffled sort of look and gave the ring a light nod. "I didn't think you'd be wearing that thing around. 'Specially not in a place where any old bloke could walk in and give an attractive woman like you a good, er..." Snog. Pick-up line. Something like that. Yeah, Ron was a little more than self-conscious about himself when it came to women. He didn't have much experience outside of Lavender and that in itself hadn't gone too well at all to begin with. Assuming that whatever they had between them was something that didn't leave either party strictly tied down if someone else wanted to come along and sweep them off their feet was a given with him. Personally, Ron didn't think that there was anyone out there for him right now. Save maybe Hermione, but she didn't seem to take much interest in him lately anyway. She hadn't since she had gotten here, actually. Steph, on the other hand, had been incredibly fantastic. If there was anyone out there that he could have chosen to be screwed into a marriage with, it was certainly her.