He tries so hard to be around her. He just doesn't always succeed. Like now.

The way he makes himself smile, like everything is okay. 'It's fine' his face says, even as he obliges and goes to settle in next to Verity.

"Nah. It's nothing. Thinking out loud." He makes a show of throwing an arm over the back of the couch, settling it carefully around her shoulders, as though he's just there to comfort her.