"Mostly..." Even though she's mostly painted in washed-out shades of brown and grey by the ambient light, he can read her body language well enough to know she's keeping her distance. So he shifts towards her, closing that short gap between them, bringing himself closer. And somehow the absence of that jumper makes him bold enough to drape one arm around her, lightly, testing the waters the way she did with that first, tentative kiss.

"There. That's more like it."