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notaretriever) wrote2017-07-30 07:49 pm
notaretriever) wrote2017-07-30 07:49 pm
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Although Luke is absolutely the sort to vet any friends Jack makes in Darrow, he feels like that's to be expected and that anyone befriending a young boy, but unwilling to go through the process of impressing and reassuring his foster dads simply aren't the sort he wants hanging around Jack anyway. But once he's decided the people Jack calls his friends are, in fact, people who can be trusted, he doesn't make a habit out of checking in on them. He's careful and he's always aware of who has Jack and when and what time he's going to be home or if he needs to be picked up, but he's not overbearing.
Doing all of this once before has certainly prepared him to be a little more easygoing with Jack than he was with Clary.
Michelle is different, though, because Luke knows Michelle has been through some things of her own. They haven't spent a lot of time talking about it, but given that he's not exactly that forthcoming with his own past and certain secrets, Luke thinks that's more than fair. He would never presume to press someone into talking about things they might not want to acknowledge, but when it comes to Michelle, he knows he likes her well enough and wants her to feel that she could talk to him. If she wanted to.
That, though, requires some honesty on Luke's part. When it comes to being a werewolf, he prefers to tell people instead of having them find out by accident, which has happened more than once in Darrow and he'd very much like to avoid having it happen again. Especially since Jack cares so much for Michelle, he knows this is an awfully bit secret to carry and he'd like for Jack to have one less to keep from her. It just makes sense to tell her and he thinks, even if she's come from somewhere that seems incredibly normal in comparison, she's been in Darrow long enough that a werewolf won't seem too impossible.
So when Michelle comes to drop Jack off after a dinner together, Luke kisses him on the head and tells him to go upstairs to Reid, then smiles over at Michelle.
"Would you mind... could I talk to you for a little?" he asks. "Before you leave."
Doing all of this once before has certainly prepared him to be a little more easygoing with Jack than he was with Clary.
Michelle is different, though, because Luke knows Michelle has been through some things of her own. They haven't spent a lot of time talking about it, but given that he's not exactly that forthcoming with his own past and certain secrets, Luke thinks that's more than fair. He would never presume to press someone into talking about things they might not want to acknowledge, but when it comes to Michelle, he knows he likes her well enough and wants her to feel that she could talk to him. If she wanted to.
That, though, requires some honesty on Luke's part. When it comes to being a werewolf, he prefers to tell people instead of having them find out by accident, which has happened more than once in Darrow and he'd very much like to avoid having it happen again. Especially since Jack cares so much for Michelle, he knows this is an awfully bit secret to carry and he'd like for Jack to have one less to keep from her. It just makes sense to tell her and he thinks, even if she's come from somewhere that seems incredibly normal in comparison, she's been in Darrow long enough that a werewolf won't seem too impossible.
So when Michelle comes to drop Jack off after a dinner together, Luke kisses him on the head and tells him to go upstairs to Reid, then smiles over at Michelle.
"Would you mind... could I talk to you for a little?" he asks. "Before you leave."