[spoilers] Harry and Ruth: Back With A Vengeance?

[Forever Secret]

I as well think because Beth, Dimitri and Tariq respect Harry and Ruth as individual people, it doesn't really bother them about their personal relationship... they won't tease Ruth like back in S5 because they repect her too much as a friend and a colleague.
Good points, that Ros back then was a bitter cow, but I think Jo was just trying to be friendly, after all it was Jo that convinced Ruth to talk to Harry in 8.2, and she always seemed to support H/R, Adam was just Adam,
I think back then Ruth just couldn't handle everyone knowing about it, but now, during S9 it doesn't seem like it bothers her. The rest of the team don't even question her relationship with Harry, until Lucas turned into JB and went after Albany, Harry and Ruth's personal life isn't really brought onto the Grid and if it is, it's personal between them, no one else gets involved and no one else 'wants' to get involved.

Back to Ros, I think she knew she had made a mistake in 5.5, and that a lot of the blame was on her for Ruth being exiled. Only after she reported Ruth to Mace, and when Harry sacrificed himself to save her did it really hit Ros just how close Harry and Ruth were, so when Ruth returned, she was more careful, not only because of the events of S5, but also because of the situation in S8, I think Ros saw after a while just how much Harry and Ruth had been through, how much they mean to each other and her respect levels went up...

To me it seems that Dimitri and Tariq are the two that seem to understand Ruth and Harry's relationship most, someone said before, Beth's a little confused over it. Perhaps Lucas told Dimitri about some of Ruth and Harry's complicated relationship, it was Lucas that recruited him, and of course Tariq has been working there for longer so he would've noticed in S8
I agree I think the team now, Beth, Dimitri, Tariq and even Alec would handle Harry and Ruth's relationship a lot better... so Ruth's got nothing to worry about this time