[Although he keeps their hands where they are, he'll reach up with his other one as he steps closer to her, that distance between shortening even more as his other hand reaches up to brush the crook of his finger against her cheek.]

I know. And like I said, I'll help you through it—I won't abandon you. But you also have to let me in...and trust me just a little more.

[Not all the way.

He knows that can't happen yet, just like how he isn't trusting her wholly yet either, so he's not going to ask such a thing. But she's going to need to trust him a little more than she has already, and she needs to be more open with him.]

I can't help you if you keep pushing me away when I try.