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[Rue hardly knows what to do with that offer, it surprises them.]

Casey, you are so generous and caring. [The best of them all, Rue thinks, so young and so wounded, but still so good.] But I promise, I am just fine. Shouldering anything with you boys is never a burden. I am only taking enough to help you all breathe easier.

[Their wings settle around Casey like they always do, long feathers trailing down his back, engulfing him in their soft warmth as Rue squeezes him.]

What Peter needs is friends too. Not just this family that has elbowed their way into his life, but friends willing to have fun with and do different teenage activities together. Peter and I can have fun, certainly, but it's impossible to erase how much more of a parent than a peer I am. And Leo and Peter can do things certainly, but Leo is his partner, it paints the whole interaction differently.

If you do not mind it, maybe offering to hang out more often with planned activities might be good for him.

[He shakes his head at once.]

I don't mind at all! I like hanging out with Peter. He's really nice, and it's fun... he doesn't even get annoyed when I ask a million questions.

[Nobody does, technically, but Peter tends to get the bulk of his dumb inquiries about past/modern Earth, since he lived the human-on-the-surface life. He has insights even the turtles wouldn't be able to provide.]

[Even wrapped up in their arms, Casey can probably tell his parent is squinting above him.]

Has anyone gotten annoyed with you for simply seeking clarification?

[Casey's eyes widen. He can smell danger in the air.]

Um. No?

[And they relax just as easily, right back into the cuddle.]

Good! I'd be terribly cross if anyone had. Asking questions is never something to be shamed for.

But either way, I'm glad. If that's the case, just keep going forward with how you've already been spending time with him. That's the best way to remind him that he doesn't have to face this alone, he has an entire community, ready to lift him up.

[Thank goodness, his nonexistent critic is spared their wrath. And at their continued suggestion, he smiles brightly.]

Yeah... yeah, got it. Okay. Teamwork!

[They can do this together. Smash those anxieties, collectively. It'll work out somehow, surely. They all deserve to be happy.]

Want to stay over? We can have dinner, and Hunter'll want to see you when he's up. You're always hosting us, we can finally return the favour.

[oh!!!!

Rue pulls away just enough to beam down at Casey, as if afraid they might have misheard him.]

Truly? Are you certain he wouldn't mind?

Not at all! He'd be happy for sure. He loves the heck out of you too.

[He's not subtle about this. Neither of them are, really. Any time spent with Rue is a good time.]

[It's true. Their boys are fairly obvious in all things, but Rue adores it.]

Then I would be delighted to stay. I can not remember the last time I was a guest anywhere. I hardly know what to do!

You don't have to do anything. Just let me do it all! I learned from the best already!

[He's gonna host the heck out of this. You will be soooo hosted.]

[Rue can not wait! To sit back and see exactly what Casey has learned from them, their heart may just burst!

After the earlier hurt with Peter and the hunt from before even that, a touch of easy conversation and good companionship would be a perfect way to spend their day. And Rue can think of no one they'd rather spend time with.]

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