Rez shook his head, denying that that would be the case. "Elle wasn't around this summer." And neither was Finn, for that matter, but he didn't really wanna bring him up. "And I won't," he assured him, a hand reaching up to touch his cheek. "I won't let you stay. I won't... I won't even try to make you want to, okay?"
Dropping his gaze, his hand dropped as well. "Look, I know you got other people to see and other shit to do and it ain't just me that you're leavin' but..." He looked back up at him again and asked one more time. "Just stay."