Maybe not exactly but close enough.

If she makes as if to hug him, he'll take a quick step back and raise his eyebrows questioningly but not un-friend-i-ly, as if to say, 'I'm not afraid of you per se but lack context on what strange interdimensional activities you might be about to perform such as might unknown-to-me result in our being suddenly married from your own standpoint, as has happened to many protagonists in famous stories around these parts.'

Maybe not exactly but close enough, phrasing-wise.

If she makes as if to hug him, he'll take a quick step back and raise his eyebrows questioningly but not un-friend-i-ly, as if to say, 'I'm not afraid of you per se but lack context on what strange interdimensional activities you might be about to perform such as might unknown-to-me result in our being suddenly married from your own standpoint, as has happened to many protagonists in famous stories around these parts.'