"Then let's do it." He won't reach for her hand, not yet, but he does place his on the table, open and waiting.

"I don't know either, but I can't -- I told you already, I can't get you out of my head, mermaid. I think I'd know if it were just a -- temporary thing, but this doesn't feel like it. So." He gives her an almost shy smile, there.

"Do you wanna make this official?"