"No no no," Cal says firmly. "You didn't do anything wrong. Don't worry about that. You talk about what you want. Ask questions. It's fine. How else you gonna learn anything?"
It is fine, in a way. He's used to it around Enzo, on a lower, more subtle level. Just spending time around the boy makes him think of Calvin, hurts frequently in small ways that he deals with and puts aside because he likes Enzo, because the paternal impulses, now awakened, need somewhere to go. Not that he'll ever, ever let Enzo see that. He'll watch himself even more closely from now on.
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"No no no," Cal says firmly. "You didn't do anything wrong. Don't worry about that. You talk about what you want. Ask questions. It's fine. How else you gonna learn anything?"
It is fine, in a way. He's used to it around Enzo, on a lower, more subtle level. Just spending time around the boy makes him think of Calvin, hurts frequently in small ways that he deals with and puts aside because he likes Enzo, because the paternal impulses, now awakened, need somewhere to go. Not that he'll ever, ever let Enzo see that. He'll watch himself even more closely from now on.