There's something like relief on James's face when Scorpius agrees, even if he isn't quite sure why. This is all new and exciting and terrifying, and half of the time he's still surprised that it's another boy that has him going like this, much less a Malfoy.

What he doesn't let himself dwell on is the fact that he couldn't imagine it being this way with anyone else.

So, easily, he follows Scorpius to the couch, expression almost deviously playful when they get near it and he attempts to wrestle him onto it.