I won't tell him. I wouldn't want to miss the look on his face for when Rean is suddenly there.
[Not that he's going to fare much better, to be fair, but he has some warning and can prepare... somewhat. That's going to be a lot of feelings Jusis is going to have to face all at once.
The blond is quiet as he listens to Elliot's explanation. He can certainly understand the reluctance to open up to people who are strangers. Or be so vulnerable in front of them. Jusis also can't deny that Fugo and Morgan are, or will be, important to him.
Jusis glances at the door, feeling a sudden and foreign spike of anxiety. That's been getting a little more common lately. He's had to very abruptly change his habits since Fugo started living with him, and there's a constant, niggling worry in his mind of whether he's being good enough as a stable guardian for him. If any of his father's habits have been internalized and are being used subconsciously on the kid. So Jusis worries that he might be using Elliot as a way to put distance between him and Fugo where there shouldn't be.
He bottles that up, though. Puts those feelings and thoughts in a box, storing it away until he can figure it out for himself later. Now is definitely not the time.]
To be entirely fair to you, I didn't know any of our current members until this assignment. I've only known them through their profiles before. So, I do understand the feeling in part, and I also understand that it's still different. We still have that thread connecting us while you don't.
[So, a compromise is in order.]
I'm just fine waiting until you're more comfortable with the idea, Elliot. If you're willing, we can instead have me host a lunch some time while they're out.
[Those kids aren't going to have a normal childhood by any stretch, but Jusis does what he can to help push them into taking what they can get.]
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I won't tell him. I wouldn't want to miss the look on his face for when Rean is suddenly there.
[Not that he's going to fare much better, to be fair, but he has some warning and can prepare... somewhat. That's going to be a lot of feelings Jusis is going to have to face all at once.
The blond is quiet as he listens to Elliot's explanation. He can certainly understand the reluctance to open up to people who are strangers. Or be so vulnerable in front of them. Jusis also can't deny that Fugo and Morgan are, or will be, important to him.
Jusis glances at the door, feeling a sudden and foreign spike of anxiety. That's been getting a little more common lately. He's had to very abruptly change his habits since Fugo started living with him, and there's a constant, niggling worry in his mind of whether he's being good enough as a stable guardian for him. If any of his father's habits have been internalized and are being used subconsciously on the kid. So Jusis worries that he might be using Elliot as a way to put distance between him and Fugo where there shouldn't be.
He bottles that up, though. Puts those feelings and thoughts in a box, storing it away until he can figure it out for himself later. Now is definitely not the time.]
To be entirely fair to you, I didn't know any of our current members until this assignment. I've only known them through their profiles before. So, I do understand the feeling in part, and I also understand that it's still different. We still have that thread connecting us while you don't.
[So, a compromise is in order.]
I'm just fine waiting until you're more comfortable with the idea, Elliot. If you're willing, we can instead have me host a lunch some time while they're out.
[Those kids aren't going to have a normal childhood by any stretch, but Jusis does what he can to help push them into taking what they can get.]