He took her hand for a moment, then moved to her on his knees, even though that wasn't what she'd been offering and he knew it.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and stayed at the side of her legs instead of moving in between them as he lay his head on her shoulder and held her. It felt good and smelled wonderful and something in the back of his throat choked off.
It wasn't because of the Kara stuff, although seeing someone he thought as highly of as he did Kara get hurt certainly hadn't improved his mood. But it was mostly because he knew of all the mistakes he'd made, especially with the woman who he was probably freaking out at this very moment. Niles was feeling very, very human for the first time in a long time and it made him want to vomit.