He nods silently and finally releases a sigh, "Can you.... Can you stay with me?" He suddenly feels so much like a child making such a request, "I don't want to be alone tonight. At least for a little while."

It was an innocent request and he had no other intentions, but he also recognized that she wouldn't be able to stay the full night when her handmaidens would come for her in the morning (and his own squire).