Thomas chuckled and he finally felt the tight knot in his chest release a little bit. His family still loved him even though he had seriously fucked up.
He sat back down, Lena beside him having dragged a chair so close she was pratically in his lap. He wrapped an arm around her and gave her a gentle kiss. "I missed you too," he said softly.
"Damn right you did, I'm amazing," Lena grinned back at him. "You'll be okay, babe. Just never lie to me again or I'll take your balls, okay?!" She said it brightly and with a huge, glowing smile, but Thomas still stared at her in horror.
"Oh she means it," he told Roxanna and Jamie. "That's a deal. No lying. No more pills. I'll tell you when it's difficult. Check. I'm still- I used to have to keep so much to myself just to keep going. So I'm still learning." To Roxanna, he said, "dinner sounds awesome though. I'm seriously starved and this sandwich is delicious but I think I could probably work my way through ten of them at the moment."