For a while me and T have sat back to back leaning on one another when talking about raw subjects. We found that the physical bond made talking about things a lot easier. So to try and make it a permanent feature last week we tried sitting side by side for the first time. It felt cozy but it was pointed out that (oddly) I was the one that was a little stand off-ish. Trying again next week I'm hopeful it's going to help if T is as un-weirded out as he seems.