a physical recoil

lo and behold

to get a big surprise; to be astonished

to be astonished, surprised, amazed, startled

jump, leap, hop, spring up

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

gun (firearm)

a gun