{ he glances to his side at that, equally as thoughtful. }

I can't disagree with that, after all I think the same way.

{ and the gaze behind that gesture isn't missed, though he won't question it right now. he'll save it for when he's alone later. }

You may wish otherwise when the alarms start blaring. { why does he look so amused by this??? } But at least you had other options in.