[ Matt can't help reflecting the brightness of her smile back to her. His own may even be slightly sunnier, lit with eureka.

Because, like. Physical contact???

Holy shit, this is proof of fucking concept, as it were. ]

Okay, [ he says, ] okay, okay, does it need to be skin to skin? Is it hand-holding? Or does-- [ He lifts his foot to return the little nudge. ] --anything work, as long as it's prolonged?