In return, it was coloring the way he saw JC. It made all those claims and whispers about JC being something more than human even more ridiculous in his mind. JC was a man, one with an amazing view of the world and compassion far greater than the average man, but someone didn't consider an athlete somehow inhuman because they could do well on the field.

He thought, and he would never tell JC it, that JC was just reacting strongly to finally be able to explore whatever sexuality he was. Once he got through those initial stages they all got through as teens, he would calm down. So for now, he held JC close and let him get that experience about a decade or so too late. What was his life? The thought made him smirk, squeezing with his arm.

"Why not? We've always been connected this strong." Still weird to say out loud but something he knew was true. It was that simple to him.