[the hand patting their third wheel immediately lifts up to thread his fingers through her hair as best it can, fingers fumbling and twitching oddly for a moment, stiffly. But that's the only give that there may be a reason why he opted to keep his gloves on]

Movies had no color? I am still amazed they exist in the first place.

[his tone is a little lighter, quieter so it's just between them]

And so we are. Our luck is amazingly bad, it would seem.