Re: Savannah/Jamie
Jamie returned the hug with a chuckle because he probably should have expected that reaction when he told her things were improving between him and his dad. "The conversation wasn't good," he clarified, "because we brought up a lot of painful things. But, there were good things at the end. Strangely, we seem to work well together, too. In our time, Dad never would have asked for my help or trusted me to be able to do the work. So, that alone is an improvement. We'll...see how long it lasts, I suppose."
The words were flippant, but in his heart he was crossing his fingers because he'd finally felt like he'd made a connection with his father and it would crush Jamie entirely to lose that fragile feeling now.
Smirking, he reached out to grab her admonishing finger and waggle it back and forth teasingly. "You do know that if he hadn't been a baby or they'd known where he was, there probably would have been speeches and parades then, right? But, okay. As long as when we teach the history behind the day, we make sure to include the D.A. We can keep our traditions and still improve upon them so that we don't accidentally teach the next generation to wait for some individual hero to come along and save the day. If there's only one thing Dad stands for, it's people standing up to do what's right."