She's bolstered his confidence, at least for the moment. However doubtful he might be about everything else, there's no denying the fact that Scully's interested.

And that makes two of them - he's got her pulled in close, an arm weighting her down at her hips, a hand sliding over her cheek and into her hair. Whether he can do anything about it today remains to be seen, but he's certainly going to try.