[He tenses up, but doesn't otherwise react right away. It's...weird to hear something he's thought to himself come out of someone else's mouth. To be levied at him instead. It isn't until Rover dismisses it that Maverick blinks and crawls back out of his thoughts.]

No --

[To the question? To ignoring it? Both. Very much both. As ridiculously inappropriate as it is in the moment, he lets out a shaky laugh.]

Convenient...? Come on, Rover. Y-you're a pain in the ass. [He presses his forehead against their neck, shuddering softly. He speaks more steadily when he continues, but it's not much more than a mumble.] I jus'... I don't wanna tell you the same day I told someone else. You deserve way fucking more than that.