"...Thanks." He knows he should probably tell her he's got this, but she's not a guest right? She has just as much claim over cleaning up as he does. He covers the rapidly melting ice cream and pops it into the freezer in the bottom of the refrigerator rather than going back into the pantry. He gets back into her space shortly after, transfixed by her hands for a moment before going to grab a towel to help her. "You wash I'll dry?" That's what they do on TV right? Pepper said real relationships weren't like the movies, but they had to have some basis in fact.