Tether emotions and getting over it

Gabriel

"You gonna go to your room?" I ask him as he lies down beside me.

We have dinner with Remus in a couple of hours and I kind of want my space to think about what I am actually going to do about this situation.

"In a bit...too tired to move."

He is beside me and in my arms. This screams not casual but I also don't want to just kick him out of my room.

"You are acting weird Blackwood."

He pulls away from me and sits up, his eyes searching mine. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, this," I gesture between us. "You are acting like I am your fucking boyfriend, and I don't like it one bit."

He frowns, slowly standing up from the bed "Shit Rivers, I just said I wanted to have a nap on your bed. I didn't ask you to fucking marry me."

I don't want to make a big deal out of this but I also need to nip this in the bud. He can't think that anything can happen between us.