Page 34 of Sky on Fire
Also, they’d probably starve without Jillian cooking their meals.
“If that’s what you were worrying about, you can stop,” Jarvis said gently.“I’ve already talked to everyone, and we all agree.The castle is our home, and the people here are family.That’s never going to change, even with Carlyle gone.”
Tyne nodded.He was visibly overwhelmed, so Meyer was glad when Penley raised the remote control again and turned the movie back on.Everyone settled down to watch, but Meyer’s attention was still on Tyne.He suspected it always would be.Now that they’d talked things out and that they were together, Meyer didn’t have to be shy about it anymore.He could tell everyone in the room that Tyne was his future.
He didn’t.
“Okay?”he asked instead.
Tyne turned toward him.His frown was gone, and even though he wasn’t smiling, Meyer could see the conversation had helped.“I didn’t expect this,” Tyne murmured, even though Meyer was pretty sure that no one would say anything about them talking during the movie.
“Clearly.You need to learn to talk with people before assuming the worst.“
“Does that go for you, too?”
“I already talk to people.”
“I meant that I need to learn to talk to you.I don’t want anything to come between us, but I especially don’t want my stubbornness and inability to talk about my feelings to do so.I want to be better.“
“Better than what?I’m not saying you’re perfect, but we’ll work things out.”Meyer wouldn’t have it any other way.
He’d thought he’d lost Tyne before he even got him and that he’d have to leave once Carlyle was gone.Instead, he had a home and family, and, more importantly, he had Tyne.
