Qd2 is good. Move from the way of your f/g pawns and let them develop defensively. I'd also follow it up with f-pawn, or consider Ne5. Good intuition! Don't cut yourself short. Qc1 is also a good choice for falling back, but perhaps not as good if you want to pursue a-c lines. Qc1's drawback is the possibility of knight putting pressure on d3 after Nb4 move, which immobilises bishop and shifts position in favour of black even further. However, hindsight is always 20/20. Both of those positions seem very obvious when you aren't pressed for time, something I still struggle mentally. Hah! You gonna laugh so hard once I'll show my blunder and explain why was I even thinking it's a good idea! :D Keeping it secret for a while longer (only a few hours most likely) to see other propositions.but i don't know a damn thing about chess compared to you so i'm interested to see what you would have done if you hadn't forfeited