[That headbutt really is like a kitten headbutting a large dog. It's too cute, and he kisses the top of her head again for it.]

I will admit, there is a very...petty [read: DAD] part of me that would rather nothing to do with most of them, given how their ever generous support, help, and actively plotting against me forced us into a terrible place.

[He's actually never told them that. Either of them. Recovery had become wedding planning had become preparing to deal with the fae, and now...now he could actually admit to things.]

I am aware of how unkind that sounds.