Is a coffee table required in this space?

We moved into a new house and I went for function over form in this space. These chonky sofas recline, which my children are thrilled about. In order to have them centered on the fire place, they are too close to both recline AND have a coffee table between them. My husband thinks we don’t need one (we have side tables coming), but I feel like it’s kind of weird.

The floor plan shows this view from the top (staging photos from the listing). We plan to put a small upright piano behind the sofa on the left in the first pic, but there is room to scoot it back further if I’m willing to have the fire place off center.

We are going to paint/rehang curtains/redo the fire place and refinish the floor long term. But planning to live with these sofas at least till the kids go to college.