If TJ wants a full debrief, he’ll strongarm it out of a Jason (figuratively). Tim is not the right person to ask, given how he’d reacted before TJ lost track of the conversation.

He’s been giving space for Tim to say something - anything - to open up dangerous topics, but they’re both too careful. He’ll have to do it himself.

“We always have sundaes or shakes for movie night,” he says as he swirls the hot fudge into his ice cream. That puts family on the menu. “I miss it.”