Chapter 8: Reactions 1
Summary:
"We raised you honestly, Brig. We were who we were. But those kids... growing up with so many lies. I don't want that for Pete! You saw how fragile he is."
"Iceman's in Hawaii most of the time," Brig argues, skipping the fact of his presence almost every night at dinner via video conference. "Besides, I don't think Mav would let him..."
"Mitchell? You expect him to defend you from Iceman? He's his puppet, always has been. He looks at him, and the rest of the world disappears. I can imagine it: he'll say Pete is too young and doesn't know what he wants, that it's temporary, and we shouldn't encourage him. He'll say a thousand things before accepting a trans child into his traditional home, into his—he almost spits out the word—respectable family."