Nope. No, Ronan doesn't like that one bit. It's just like that look Declan has been giving him all day, but ten times worse. Fifty times worse. As Declan drags him into that hug, Ronan's mouth drops open to protest - not the contact, but the emotion that drives Declan to it.

I'm not dead. Stop acting like I'm dead.

But it's over before he can get the words out, and then there's no need for them. "Come by sooner," Ronan tells him instead, his voice edging on annoyance to cover how shaken he is. And then, to avoid anything verging on a goodbye, he swiftly shows himself out.