Ruby wasn't cheered by his mood. He was still down, still hurting and it pained her to see it, always would probably, out of love and no matter how many times he tried to talk her out of it, there was guilt behind the reaction too. She'd led him to this after all, if not for her maybe he'd be happy. A normal family. Oh she knew he wouldn't trade either her or Emily for the world and of course she felt the same. But he still had Lucifer himself trying to take over his mind. It was not something anyone should be expected to face.
Watching him with Emily though she knew why he still fought, why they both did. That little girl loved them so completely, a love Ruby hadn't understood until she'd held her child. And every time she saw her husband playing with her and Emily's delighted reaction it only strengthened her resolve to fight Lucifer.
She took a long sip of the wine he had left her, driving to the party with Emily had meant she'd stayed away from the offered alcohol, she deserved a glass now. She didn't need some fancy party, she just needed him back how he had been when they'd married, before all this had taken its toll on him. "You've had your reasons, and I know you're still mad at me for what happened with the hex bags. Doing all this, it means more than you can imagine."
She looked over to the fireworks he'd secured in the ground and muttered something in Latin, watching amused as a flame began to trail up the tail of it ready to set it alight. A lot of kids Emily's age were scared of the noise and the lights but not her, no she'd loved it for her first Hallow'een and she loved it now.
"You're going to get through this. You're gonna let Damon help you and you're gonna get back in the game. And no it won't be easy. But we'll get there. We always do right, you and me against the odds. And if you need a reason..."
The blast of the firework in question interrupted her, Emily delightedly clapping her hands and almost trying to escape her father out of excitement.
Ruby smiled, genuinely happy in the company of her little family.
"You want a reason to keep fighting. There she is."