Jay wrapped his arms around Dee, hugging him from behind. (If it did double duty to hold him up after that bombshell of a suggestion spoken so damn casually, so be it.)

"It's everything you've been dreaming of since you came here, right?" Jay whispered softly. Dee nodded, a bit speechless. "See? It's all coming together."

Of course, nothing had actually happened yet. Dee would never let someone speak on behalf of another person. That was definitely Rex or Johan's decisions and no one else's. But they were closer than they'd been before. So much closer.