The answer is automatic, as he thinks of Jack, of Neal (of Daniel and Henley and Merritt, while they were here). They might not be his by blood, might not share his last name as is apparently biological imperative, according to her, but that doesn't change facts. They're his, even if he's old enough to pass for Jack's brother now, even if he hasn't outright named himself one of Neal's two dads, and that's good enough for him. He can more than live with that.
"I kind of gave up on the idea of having kids of my own a long time ago," he continues after a moment and in spite of the ferocious truth of his initial statement. "It was kind of -- of the price of admission of what I was doing. Of what I wanted to do." For his father.
"Jack and Neal are good enough for me." A beat, and then as if it's not clear, if she still thinks he's secretly upset by the idea that she can't give him children, he adds, "You're good enough for me."
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The answer is automatic, as he thinks of Jack, of Neal (of Daniel and Henley and Merritt, while they were here). They might not be his by blood, might not share his last name as is apparently biological imperative, according to her, but that doesn't change facts. They're his, even if he's old enough to pass for Jack's brother now, even if he hasn't outright named himself one of Neal's two dads, and that's good enough for him. He can more than live with that.
"I kind of gave up on the idea of having kids of my own a long time ago," he continues after a moment and in spite of the ferocious truth of his initial statement. "It was kind of -- of the price of admission of what I was doing. Of what I wanted to do." For his father.
"Jack and Neal are good enough for me." A beat, and then as if it's not clear, if she still thinks he's secretly upset by the idea that she can't give him children, he adds, "You're good enough for me."