[ he stifles a chuckle in fear that it might just send her away, and instead inches closer to collect the fallen books. god they were all in alphabetical order too!! ]

No need to be so callous, I'm not going to hurt you or anything. I'm not even going to touch you. I just need a.... [ shit what's a nice way of putting it? ] ... model of sorts.

[ he scooches the books on an empty section of the shelf for now, before turning to look his cousin in the face. ]

You okay? A little softcore BL isn't going to bruise that face, is it?