Rhys will hold Cole as long as he needs him to - or lets him - whichever Cole needs. He ran his fingers through Cole's hair a few times, before he wrapped his arms around the young man and held him tighter. He rested his cheek atop Cole's head and tried to swallow down all the emotion that was welling up inside of him.

He tried and failed to speak for some minutes. And when he finally did. It was one of his poor attempts at humour.

"So, everything back to normal for us, then?"