Alistair let her pull him along
after a few seconds he said "i can cook, not well but i can, but if you'd prefer this..." he raised an eye-brow as he said it "cup noodles, that's just fine by me" he smiled at her, he liked having someone with him that actually seemed to give a crap about him

he got an odd feeling in his chest when she thanked him for sticking with her, it brought a confused look to his face, it wasn't a necessarily bad feeling but unusual. he smiled up at her and it was warm and caring, after a second he said "thank you for ... for not letting me slip back into where i was before, it was not a good place, and i don't want to go back, i want ..." he looked up, suddenly afraid his words might scare her away "i want to stay with you ... as long as you'll let me"