Ian thought the world of John and Wanda, but words like "Family" and "home" weren't something he expected to hear from people who's last name wasn't Gallagher. He was touched to hear they thought of them that way. It made him feel even more grateful for everything they'd done for him. But also even more guilty for everything he'd put them through.
"I...I don't know what to say. Thanks. For putting up with me, and for everything else. I know I've been...difficult for a while now." Now that he was starting to face the fact that he might have a mental illness, he knew looking back that it hadn't just started in the past couple of months. It had been going on longer than that, and this wasn't his first episode.
"I'm on meds now, and they said I can probably go home in a few days as long as I keep taking them." He hated the meds, but he could see that he needed them, or at least needed something. He couldn't keep doing what he had been doing lately.