I liked the refusal of the goodbye kiss scene. I took it as just friendly banter between the two of them. It was a one pager at the start of the chapter that I didn’t feel was part of a bigger story arc, just a fun recollection of a moment on leaving the house.
I like your addition of dialogue to the meeting scene!
Ikrrrrrrrrrrrrr And when the wife hugged him, I just felt this huge urge of "she needs you so much, you must drop everything and protect her immediately!!!