He's not trying to hurt him this time, and he may never realize he did. James is a little self-absorbed on the best of days, but right now he's caught up entirely in his own mind, lost in the swirl of confusion and regret and outright fear of this, of facing some very, very hard truths about himself.

He looks up when Scorpius tries to take the bottle from him, and instead just shakes his head. "...c'mere."