As she finally pulls away, and as he finally feels like he can let her, about the only thing that Thranduil finds he can think is what just happened? Then she speaks, asking him to step back, which makes him first realize that he hasn't. And that needs immediate correcting. He does so as quickly, almost hurriedly, stopping a much more acceptable distance of several feet. He's trying hard not to look too disheveled, or bewildered, or unsettled. It's surely a bad idea to look as truly lost and unnerved as he actually is, but disguising that is also much more difficult than it would otherwise be.

He's hotter than normal, and struggling not to look it.

"What was that?"