[ He sounded relieved. He knew it wasn't fixed, exactly - things never quite fixed themselves so much as just grew into something else, but at least they were talking again. He hated not talking to Amos, even when he was mad. Especially here. He liked Bobbie a lot, and Prax was important, but Amos and Naomi had been through everything with him. Holden was gone, but he still had the two of them, and he needed them.
He was pretty sure they all needed each other.
So he'd make it work. Somehow. Keep the family together, whether Amos thought they were a family or not. It didn't really matter what Amos said about it - it was clear, now, that he was trying to make it work, too. To keep it working. Even if Alex sometimes didn't have a clue what it was that he was tryin' to do, he was still tryin'. ]
You know I love you, brother. [ Said like a statement of fact, and not one he expected to hear echoed, or even one he thought would be. Just the truth, with no expectation. He knew better than that. ]
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[ He sounded relieved. He knew it wasn't fixed, exactly - things never quite fixed themselves so much as just grew into something else, but at least they were talking again. He hated not talking to Amos, even when he was mad. Especially here. He liked Bobbie a lot, and Prax was important, but Amos and Naomi had been through everything with him. Holden was gone, but he still had the two of them, and he needed them.
He was pretty sure they all needed each other.
So he'd make it work. Somehow. Keep the family together, whether Amos thought they were a family or not. It didn't really matter what Amos said about it - it was clear, now, that he was trying to make it work, too. To keep it working. Even if Alex sometimes didn't have a clue what it was that he was tryin' to do, he was still tryin'. ]
You know I love you, brother. [ Said like a statement of fact, and not one he expected to hear echoed, or even one he thought would be. Just the truth, with no expectation. He knew better than that. ]