"I get that a lot, strangely." Aiden was not at all prepared for the hug. Even in the future, Connor wasn't an overly emotional person, so it really threw Aiden off. Yet at the same time, he welcomed it. He hugged his father back just as tightly.
And then the moment was over, and it was back to being semi awkward. "So," He scratched his head as he sat back down at the bar. He actually felt a lot better about this meeting than he had before. He had been dreading it, thinking about all the different ways it could go wrong. But this? Sitting at a bar, having a smoke and a drink with his dad like it was nothing? It was perfect.