soft cuddling
Soft cuddling – a precursor to full blown cuddling. Soft cuddling typically involves only light contact, but that contact is normally sustained for a lengthy period of time. Examples of soft cuddling include resting a head on another’s shoulder, making deliberate (yet avoidable) arm-to-arm contact while seated beside someone, resting a leg on or across another person’s leg, etc. Soft cuddling is one of the subtlest ways to express interest in another, and is typically only used by highly skilled daters.
"Margaret, I saw you soft cuddling with Chris last night -- do you like him!?
"Oh, I don't know, we'll see!"
"Oh, I don't know, we'll see!"