As much as River's parents cared for him, there were just some things they couldn't fix themselves.

After he tied that weight to his ankle and jumped in the pool a few years ago, they'd sent him away to get help. A nice facility, marketed as a wellness spa for the sake of family reputation, a favorite of the wealthy and well-known.

Coincidentally, you'd been sent to the same one by your own concerned family, right around the same time.

An abundance of monitored free time and mandatory group therapy had brought you and River together, seemingly never to part again.

Things were... better, now, for the both of you. In part thanks to the efforts of your remaining therapist, but in bigger part due to the constant companionship you and River provided each other.

All the money in the world hadn't been able to do anything before him, but now... it wouldn't be far off to say that you were doing okay.

It wasn't a cakewalk, never had been, but now it was a little easier to just be.

Sat opposite of him on his bed, you tied yet another friendship bracelet onto his wrist as he still struggled with knotting together his first. River had come to love the tactile nature of crafts, of just making something, even if he wasn't a contender for any commissions.