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Jim, you state:
"Once he did, he flinched toward second, but immediately stopped himself when he saw F2 field the errant throw. F2 flipped to F3, who chased the BR down and applied a tag."
In his notes to 7.08(c), Evans provides this guideline: "The batter-runner may turn either direction as long as he makes no attempt to advance to his next base. (Bold emphasis, mine)
I wasn't there, but the way I read your post I believe you made the right call. If it was noticable that he had to stop himself, even from flinching, when he saw F2 field the ball, he made enough of an attempt to lose his protection.
Now as a caveat, I am agreeing in part because of your experience, your skill and your history of good judgement. I believe that if you took note of him stopping his flinch towards second, and it gave you pause to make the out call, it had to be noticeable enough to deserve it.
This same post by a rookie would cause me to ask a few questions that need not be asked of you.
BTW: You are right in guessing that grief would follow, either way you called this.
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