[In over their heads, maybe. It's okay if they're both feeling awkward, right?
Though... he's not feeling so awkward right now. There was something reassuring about the way she said that, in the midst of all the frightening alternative meanings of the word always. It doesn't have to be anything serious. It doesn't need to put a label on anything. It could just mean exactly what it says — always. Things will change, they will change, but she will always have a spot on his couch. In his life. And that always... that's not so bad. Not scary at all.
Definitely not as scary as her sudden lack of knowledge on basic human anatomy — she's been kissing his jaw a lot tonight and he might start to wonder if she needs remedial biology classes. Target practice, maybe. Nothing that can't be helped in any case, and so he tilts his head to brush his lips against hers. Gently, softly, not to start anything because God knows she's had a rough enough day as it is.]