"A quirk, not a flaw." He corrected, raising a finger lightly as he smiled against the nose smooch. "A flaw implies that it's something that goes against what others find appealing. Quirks are adorable. Overthinking in this sense isn't so necessary though. I'm thinking not so much about demoting you to 'friend'." He said it in a way that didn't make 'friend' sound like it was anything less than good, but more than he was insinuating that he liked to think of them as beyond that end of the relationship spectrum. Better-than-friend? Almost-but-not-quite-girlfriend? Were there actual words for those?
"Then you have only yourself to blame when he forgets to book reservations during the zombie apocalypse." Pete chirped with a sigh, offering her a look that already said 'I told you so' before his expression shifted into slight consideration. "You should try Russians. We're very good at deflecting the undead. And, as a bonus, we're cuddly. Just look at our ushankas. Nothing says big, butch, cuddly man like a fuzzy hat."