Travis chuckled. "It seems like I'm so confused that I can't remember the proper order of words." He would have tensed if he weren't so good at hiding things, especially when undercover. "I'm not sure I'm ready for that, TJ, if that's what you're saying now, because really, none of our conversations seem to stay on one point. Ever."
Regardless of what TJ thought, the rest was much easier to deal with. "I'm sure you will disappoint me at some point. I'm sure that I will disappoint you as well. We're human, TJ. We fuck up. When it happens, I will probably yell, tell you what piece of crap you are, maybe punch you and then when I calm down, I help you pick up the pieces again. I'd hope that you'd do the same. I don't expect you to always do the right thing. I'd be an hypocrite if I was looking for perfection. I'm far from perfect. I expect you- I hope that you will know how to deal with things after you fuck up."
He let out a slow breath, something he did often when discussing TJ's parents. "I know they are, just like you know that parents and I aren't on friendly terms, but it seems to me that you want them to accept you on faith, accept what's different immediately, and maybe they should. I don't know. What I do know is that if you keep doing what you're doing, keep being successful, keep fighting for what you want, eventually they will be proud of you. They might not come around easily, they might not like admitting that they were wrong, but I think that eventually they'd see that you're doing well, because they aren't stupid people. So many they wrote you off at the opening, but have you asked what they think since then? Maybe it's not as bad as you think." He nipped TJ's lip to catch his attention. "And Sean? Is he finished business now? Or are we still dealing with him? Because I'd like to know if he's still an issue." Parents he could deal with. Absent married lover that might never come to this dimension was a lot harder to work through, because distance changed memories until we saw only the good.