Dean reached out and took one of Justin's hands in his own, tugging it from his hair. "All right first of all, you know as well as I do that Ernie wouldn't take well to being hidden away, no matter the reasons why. Second, don't think that way. We start approaching every day negatively and we throw ourselves back five years. I lived in fear too long, and I won't do it again."
He fixed Justin with a serious look. "I won't let you live like that either, hear?"
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