Connor listened, not interrupting. There was an amused smile on his face as he grabbed the second burger Andy had set aside for him. "You've been reading some weird books, haven't you?" he teased. Not as if his own choices of reading material wasn't different unique. But that wouldn't be as fun. "Either that or you've switched from weed to crack. No idea where you're getting that from in this place!"
Chewing up the burger, he considered. "I always heard that's how it was going to work when we all matured. They'd come to appreciate guys as people who will actually be with them long term and take care of them." He liked that idea, really. Taking care of someone was new for him. He was used to being the one who people had to save or protect, hence even now Stephen worried over him. But now, Connor had people who leaned on him, or at least wanted to share responsibilities with him.
"I think I'm okay playing the hero," he reasoned. "But it's pressure, too. I mean, don't you ever hear about something that's going on around here and feel guilty? Like... I dunno. Like you should've stopped it even though you had no control?" He had asked Chris how he dealt with the pressure, and even a true and honest angel wasn't sure how to handle it from day to day.