Re: Tommy/TJ (with some Douglas)
Despite the pep talk from Travis the night before, TJ had been on edge since the woke up. That didn't mean he let anyone see it. That would never do. But, he didn't have to fake the grin when Tommy came over. The one good thing about going with his family to those boring fundraiser dinners was it put him in a position to meet others in their social strata with similar interests to his own -- namely anywhere but stuck at those boring dinners.
"Tommy Merlyn." TJ took the offered hand. "Good to be seen. And, apparently not dead. Although, I'm going to assume it wasn't my parents who said we were." They might wish TJ wasn't, well, TJ. But, he was pretty sure their desire to have Doug back would keep them from declaring TJ dead just because he was out of the picture for awhile. "Come on and sit with us. It looks like Travis has gotten pulled in to work already. So, you can fill us in on what we're going back to."