[ for a split second he thinks about saying something like, "does the whole planet include you?" but then he realizes it's a terrible line. there goes attempt one at wooing her, dead before it even tried to take off. time to look for an opportunity to make attempt number two happen.

in the meantime, he shakes his head a little, staring at naomi with admiration. ] I have no idea how you do it. Put up with all the media politics and bullshit. [ he has a hard enough time talking with regular people, he's no idea how she can thrive the way she does in journalism. ] It's really incredible, Naomi.

[ and that's when he realizes that, oh shit, this might be his moment. there's a little voice in the back of his head that's still screaming at him because she's yancy's not-quite-girl. yeah, it was once, but it resulted in a kid. that's kind of a big deal. the rest of raleigh yells that his brother would want him to be happy. and if him being happy makes it easier to take care of his niece and her mom, then it's an even better deal. so he should go for it. really, he should just spit it out and see what happens.

he looks away for a second to pull himself together. and then he looks right at naomi and gives her a small smile. tries not to think about how out of practice he is with this whole romance thing. ] You're really incredible.