It's very much different between him and Isabela. Flirting with her is just par for the course- often a means to get her to give up and go away. Isabela is much more likely to get bored and leave if she doesn't think she has a chase in it. No, this is different, he finds he means it.

The touch is, indeed, safe enough. Though normally an action which would make him tense and shy away, he surprises himself by craving more of it. He offers a crooked smile as she comes back round to face him.

"Given we very almost had quite a violent fight I would say currently we do, yes," his hand moves forward, only slightly, his fingers brushing over her wrist- a show that he didn't mind her touch, welcomed more. "It would be a shame for it to all go to waste."