This definitely isn't how she pictured this morning going, even though she really hadn't pictured it going any specific way. Her hands move cautiously, trying to keep contact and his pain at a minimum. It's difficult to get his shorts off, but they're managing. She keeps whispering apologies as she does, since it's killing her that she's causing him any pain at all. This isn't how they're supposed to be spending time together now that he's admitted they're a team.

"You can still be a real shithead. A total pain in the ass."

She's not teasing him, it's the truth. It feels like he sometimes goes out of his way to be difficult. He isn't doing that right now though, and it's not fair to make comments like that when he's likely to think she's talking about right now. He isn't being a pain in the ass.

And speaking of asses -

There his is. Karen takes great care to look him directly in the eye and not let her gaze wander.

"Is that better?"