Raylan slid his hand up and into Tim's hair as the sniper finished, hugging their heads together. He couldn't solve any of that learning how to adult too soon either, but he could listen. He could do that.
"You're not being childish." Raylan always wanted it too, that recognition, and it very rarely ever came without a kick in the gut follow up of 'You're not X enough'. Just because he had gotten used to living without it didn't mean he didn't understand the feeling.
"There's no good enough mark to be aimin' for. You did a good job in answerin' him. 'M sure it wasn't easy. Thank you for tryin'." He hoped Tim wouldn't stop trying. Either of them.
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"You're not being childish." Raylan always wanted it too, that recognition, and it very rarely ever came without a kick in the gut follow up of 'You're not X enough'. Just because he had gotten used to living without it didn't mean he didn't understand the feeling.
"There's no good enough mark to be aimin' for. You did a good job in answerin' him. 'M sure it wasn't easy. Thank you for tryin'." He hoped Tim wouldn't stop trying. Either of them.