"You have a very appealing wink," Gabriel says without thinking, and then the rest of what Jack has implied catches up to him. "I--really? You would consider--with me?"

Gabriel has enough knowledge of humans to know that Jack is an extremely attractive one, so the idea is surprising. That's when he realizes he's leaned forward without actually being consciously aware of it, and that is highly unusual.

He wants Jack. The idea seems simple, but it's been so long since he's allowed himself to want. He scarcely believed he was still capable of it.