He can't remember the last time he was this happy, and that should concern him -- but it doesn't, not with Lily finally across from him and speaking to him like she'd actually noticed him. He chuckles, ducking his head for a moment before meeting her eyes again.

"I don't think I've got a lot of room to judge someone on the things that they've done in the past. We all make the decisions we do for a reason, one that seems good at the time." Sometimes it doesn't end up the way you were hoping, that's all.

"Fortunately for you, you're naturally charming." They had more in common than he'd dared to believe. They both had children, even if his was much older, and they'd both known different sorts of pain at the hands of Luke. He loved his brother still, but things had been -- awkward with him for some time.