"The first time I met Alex was when Sean came over after Piper was sent home," Kristof said with a laugh. "Pretty sure he was nervous about it, but all he did was keep the kids busy so I could fall apart for a little bit."
And that said a lot about the kind of man Alex was, if you asked Kristof. Exactly the kind of man he wanted for his son.
"You'll have to come over some night when we do the family dinner thing -- me, the boys, the littles, my step-daughter if she's around." He loved Melinda, he really did. They didn't have the same dynamic as he did with her little brother, but she was still family. "Wait, if it's family dinner, that'll probably also involve Sean's friend Dorian. And Dorian's boyfriend."
A pause. "... I'm really starting to collect people, aren't I?"