[ Thank goodness she reached the correct conclusion on her own, before he had to sharply (but still lovingly) remind her that by returning here, she doesn't have to give up on the parts of herself that she found while away from home, on taking adventures of her own. Still, better put a fine point on it, as he reaches out a finger to poke right into the tip of her cute little nose. ]

You better do a whole lot more than suppose, or I'll just have to spirit you away from your desk duties. Consider yourself warned.

[ With that threat(??) made, he follows the tug of her hand once more, his footsteps growing a little more stilted as she reveals where they're headed next. Not that he didn't expect this would happen eventually, but — ]

Seriously? Before I even meet your mom? I was kind of thinkin' I could use the two of you to butter him up...