Her direct way of addressing the subject is something that shouldn't surprise him at all, even in this short time, and yet it still does. The question prompts a quiet laugh, and he ducks his head with a half-smile before glancing back at her, a little speculative now. It's a risk, a huge risk to both of them, and he doesn't know if he can trust himself with her. Alice hadn't mentioned, or even hinted, that something might happen between Jasper and Natasha when she'd been with him earlier.

"Maybe a little from both sides," he says, and pointedly keeps his eyes on her face. "You pushing me is certainly nothing new. I haven't yet had any experience of you being naked. I don't feel a need to put you out by requesting you be otherwise, but I am staying. I suppose that leaves it up to you."