Elphias shut the refrigerator door with his foot. "Albus, if you'd said no, I'd be ready to fight you right now. You're staying here. As long as you want. I don't want you anywhere near that asshole."
He hoped that was clear enough. He handed Albus the juice box on his way to the other end of the couch, nearer Albus's foot, and mirrored his position, leaning against the opposite corner. There was another sofa, but Elphias thought it better to sit here, as though maybe the distance between them would shrink if they were physically close to one another.
"But I meant what you want to do now. Do you want to talk? Read? I've got books. Watch the television? Sleep and for me to leave you alone?" It wasn't a shining prospect, but if it was what Albus wanted, it was what he would get. Elphias hardly felt like imposing his presence on anyone at the moment, particularly Albus.