"I don't think I really had the typical young adult life experience, when it comes down to it," Theodore said. "I tossed pretty much everything from my life aside, not counting Jamie. We traveled a lot, were married young, adopted Elaine when we were in our early twenties." Because wizarding orphanages in the early 2000s had been a little more progressive than muggle ones, not to mention there were a fair amount of war orphans and the like. Not that Elaine was one, herself. "So, I suppose that place I always felt like I mattered was with Jamie. Sometimes," he admitted, "I still feel a little lost without him. Sometimes more than a little, sometimes less." He shrugged slightly, just the barest lift of his shoulder, like it didn't matter. Of course, it did, but it had ceased being that ever-present, stabbing pain. It was like his leg - better some days, and worse on others. "Elaine helps. But she's practically an adult now. She has her own life to live, and sooner than later I'll have to face the reality of her not coming home in the summers, and all that comes with her being out on her own." He laughed a little. "It's all right, though. I'm proud of her. She's going to be wonderful, whatever she does, even if she inevitably sticks me in a home someday."