Julien was so thankful for Alfie's courage as the other boy stepped in to kiss him - it looked like Alfie was going to need a lot of it in this relationship. Julien knew that he'd be able to just step forward like Alfie and do that one day, but it wasn't today and it probably wouldn't be tomorrow. Probably. Maybe.
He loved this though, kissing Alfie back and wishing they could just hole themselves up in this room for the rest of the holidays.