"I never expected to get so attached to those too. But now they're family and seeing them both like this is just..."

It was so much. He could hold it together in general but he didn't have to with Vegas. It was something special about their relationship. Neither of them had to be strong all the time. They could both freely expose who they were. Who they really were. Something that he knew they both needed in their lives.

So walking along to the butcher now, he let himself do that. He let his pain show as he leaned against Vegas.