I know you won’t let them down. I know you’ll do everything you can to protect them. That’s what you are, you know. A protector.” James’s eyes widened further, as if he had never received that kind of praise before, and didn’t know what to do with it. “I see that in you,” Will said, “even if your father didn’t. I’ve seen what you’ve given to fight on this side.” James turned away as if his feelings had crested, and this was what Will wanted to protect in turn, this part of James that was so rarely seen.
