If. If it can get that bad in TJ's world, where could it stop in his? The thing is, Tim thought that he knew something about where the line is. He tries to keep events from escalating and pushing that line, but he thought. He didn't think his dad would pull an actual gun on anyone. If that's possible, then where's the line? How far could his dad go, if pushed the right way?

He glances up and nods quietly at the request for permission to be hugged, and then he looks down again, so he doesn't have to look TJ in the eye. "I don't. I don't want B and my dad to meet," he says, low.