Doc arches an eyebrow and gives her a look as he pulls his jacket off and slings it over the back of the chair, leaving him in the shirt and vest.

"Ain't no trouble at all, Kate," he says quietly, almost tentative in using the nickname, not sure if she'll mind it or if she'll ask him not to use it. "Honestly."

A beat.

"Besides, helpin' fix up a few things around her would be nothin' but helpin' the children, right?"

That grin says otherwise, but of course he won't say that.