Re: Tommy/TJ
"Ah, I see, but you're right, I'm not fourteen, and they aren't my parents. I think they are insane and weren't helping with the breathing hing, but-" He shook his head. "It doesn't hurt. That power we leave rests with our parents," he said, squeezing TJ's arm as he went to the couch to sit down.
Tommy snorted. "I'm not really there, yet, either. Trying to is a lot easier when I have nothing with me, no connections like home, and I've been relatively clean longer than you. What is that they say? You're always an addict? I don't think I believed it until I got here. Then again, there are people like Oliver, who used and stopped, or Brian who seems to do just as well with or without. I've stopped worrying about it."
He smiled. "The Force can go fuck itself as far as I'm concerned." He nodded. "Hanging out sounds fine. And thank you. I told you, you're a good friend, even if you looked at me like I was crazy."