"i've spent too much of my life alone" you had been hanging around outside as the sun began to set, Tim's voice gave you a bit of a scare first, but it was always nice to hear it

You were... not in the most legal way, adopted by him, sort of And you thank the universe for it, honestly, you wouldn't have gotten over the operator sickness (or at least, learnt to deal with it) if it wasn't for him; but that's past now, you moved states after... everything went down as it did

He sat down beside you on the porch, taking a drag of his smoke

"I'm grateful i found you when i did, i don't believe in blessings — and i don't think you do either, we've been through the same hell, but the nearest thing i got to one was you, kid" he blew off the smoke the other way before looking back at you, he looked tired, and yeah, so did you "You can count on me and i hope i can count on you too, for that matter... now what about dinner?"