Once the men came over to him and Fletcher, Scotty darted away as quickly as he could and went to hide behind Gabriel. From behind Gabriel's arm Scotty watched what happened, his hands grasping one of the other blond's hands. Part of his fear was from these men being strangers, but the other part was from one of these strangers noticing his shirt. His grip tightened at the thought.

"He's going to be okay, right?" Scotty asked, looking up at Gabriel.