Casey hummed, pleased by the response, and shifted while walking alongside Gabriel. They lifted their intertwined hands and brought it over their own head, essentially rearranging the taller of the two to have his arm over Casey's shoulder, then let go with that hand and snaked up their other hand to hold him instead. This would make leaning and walking at the same time much easier. Not quite sure if that was how Gabriel wanted to do it, they looked up at him to judge his reaction to the motion.

"Yeah," they said. "I'm glad. Um. Is this okay, Gabriel?"