He looks at her with her first statement, as close as they were with their foreheads together, and wishes that he could convince everything inside his chest that she was right. That it would be fine. Except he knew better. On the surface, everyone would make their pleasantries, their politeness, and behind closed doors, spear him with rebuke. Sweeney might not even mean to do it, but Raylan felt the sharp edge of getting what he wanted in the face of so many people who couldn't. Still, it wasn't going to stop him. If he begged off things he wanted because it made things easier for other people, he'd be left with even less than what he's currently got.
Instead of answering Maggie's reassurance, he hums a note of acknowledgement and holds onto her a little tighter for a few long seconds.
"It's flexible, the arrangement that Winona and I have goin'. Willa's primary residence is her mother's house, but outside of that, as long as I communicate, I can have her whenever it works for us. Or whenever works for Winona - my bosses know my situation. Know I don't want to get moved out of Miami for cases unless I have to." He can't help but smile though. "Can't say I don't like how all that sounds though. You bein' a kickass stepmom. No part of me that doubts that you'll be amazing... If you can handle how little I know about girls." The soft warning came with a pull of a self-deprecating smile though and a rub of his thumb back and forth against her where he settled his hand.
"You know, it's gonna be hard to walk around here for the next two weeks knowin' I got this to look forward to," he murmurs before caving to his impulse and tilting his head enough to brush his lips across hers, drawing her into a soft kiss.
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Instead of answering Maggie's reassurance, he hums a note of acknowledgement and holds onto her a little tighter for a few long seconds.
"It's flexible, the arrangement that Winona and I have goin'. Willa's primary residence is her mother's house, but outside of that, as long as I communicate, I can have her whenever it works for us. Or whenever works for Winona - my bosses know my situation. Know I don't want to get moved out of Miami for cases unless I have to." He can't help but smile though. "Can't say I don't like how all that sounds though. You bein' a kickass stepmom. No part of me that doubts that you'll be amazing... If you can handle how little I know about girls." The soft warning came with a pull of a self-deprecating smile though and a rub of his thumb back and forth against her where he settled his hand.
"You know, it's gonna be hard to walk around here for the next two weeks knowin' I got this to look forward to," he murmurs before caving to his impulse and tilting his head enough to brush his lips across hers, drawing her into a soft kiss.