Daniel was completely prepared to spend the rest of the evening in his misery-bucket because that's gotten to be a very familiar place with him, and he goes a bit rigid when Seth puts his hand - there, on his back, that's fairly intimate, isn't it?

He coughs a little, sets down the chicken his knotting stomach certainly won't be able to process right now, looks up at him.

Is he getting any of these signals right? Does a hand on the back deviate significantly from a hand on the shoulder? The shoulder is the upper body, suggesting leverage for mouth-related activities but a hand on the back is very much more lower body-oriented, maybe implying the use of faculties for certain activities that Daniel is less willing to reciprocate. It's just not - it's not an interest of his. He's not fond of it. But he doesn't want to be rude. Is he being rude? Oh, help. He should probably say something. But his mouth is very dry.

Come on, come on. Deep breath -

"Idontliketogettoophysicallyintimate," he explains in a rush, very red, and okay just slow down there.