What's a word for....

OK, so I'm in the middle of writing, and I need a phrase or adverb or some word or combination of words to describe how my character is sighing, and thought maybe you guys on here might be of some help To put it in context, here's a bit of the part I'm working on:




Harry pots two reds in one. I can't help but scowl. He goes for blue this time and gets it. I dig the ball out of the pocket, down my drink in one swift mouthful, and fill it up again. And again. The game goes on like this for several minutes, until Harry decides it simply isn't polite to hog the table, and nicks two reds on his way to the green again. I step forward. Harry steps back. He rests his cue across his shoulders, arms slung casually over it. His shirt stretches across his lithe body, his chest sloping into the perfect narrow V of his waist. I lower my head and concentrate on the red ball in front of me. I get it.

'Emerson,' Harry says slowly as I stand up. 'We're - we're friends, aren't we?' He looks at me across the table. I try to decide which ball I should aim for next - pink or blue? I can't remember which scores the most points. Do I care?

'Are we?' Pink. Pink is just less than black. I clip the white. It just about nicks the pink, which goes nowhere. I grimace.

'I think we are.' Harry lowers his cue. I reach for my brandy.

'Well then I suppose we are.'

Harry sighs






For a bit more context, the two characters are ex lovers seeing each other for the first time in a long time, and Harry feels Emerson is being deliberately awkward, but he's about to ask for a favour. So he is exasperated, but his sigh cannot be quite as extreme as exasperation. It's more he's thinking, "I knew you were going to be like this" - but I have hit a total block, and cannot think of any appropriate phrase/word to express his thoughts via sigh! Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions? I'd be very grateful :P