[All of those little kisses are making him squirm, he's just so full of happy and feelings, and there's food and conversation and everything is alright. And he chews quickly and swallows up his bite, so he can talk again.

He's actually trying for manners, with Smoker present at least.] I know. I'm trying to not do it all on my own. I tend to fuck stuff up when I don't let people help me out a little. [It's not bitter or self-loathing, just honest, and he looks up at Smoker like he's trying to decide if he should talk more or not. He's got something on his mind, and he wants approval and input but it's so embarrassing.] Did my texts today sound okay? I'm not the best reader and I'm a worse writer, so I've been taking some lessons, trying to do better. Usually just use the voice thing and spell check to get it done, but I wanna do better than that.