Cass snorted. 'My family have a tendency of making themselves an issue whether I want them to or not,' he said. 'Granted they're not as bad since my grandfather died as they were before,' he added.
He smiled a bit when Percy kept going, drawing comfort from every word. 'It does make things easier,' he said with a sigh. 'A lot easier. I would be a complete mess if you weren't here right now.' He didn't want to think of how close that had come to being the situation - all because he hadn't done this in the first place.