Ossie goes very still very suddenly when he's pulled into a hug and a forehead kiss, and the moment he lets go, Ossie takes a very conservative couple of steps backwards.

"Quite alright, old thing. Only- next time asking permission first and giving a fellow some warning wouldn't go amiss, wot."

Some people are just... affectionate. That's... fine. Only Ossie briefly envisions the fellow doing that to someone like Erin and the vision of his mind's eye is soaked in red immediately.

"I do hope you feel better soon, many of us ought to have switched to water far sooner than we did."