This close, he can reach out and grab the scarf by both hands, tear at Faraday until he's taking the man apart and pretending that nothing happened. Here, he can smell how Faraday smells and he wants to kiss him and bite his lip until it bleeds, but Faraday's right.

He's the one who ran, he's the one who's in hiding, and he's the one who doesn't get the right to actually do anything but grovel. This close, he can see how angry Faraday is and it hurts him because he'd been the one to make it happen.

"I left you a note," is his reply, feeling strangely like they've done this before and they have, only the last time they did, it had been a much happier time. "Have you been well? Your leg, are you okay?" He has no right to ask, but he will, anyway.