Bab 413: My Absolute

Ethan 

Demyan collapsed against my chest as he hid his face away from me. "Everyone has been telling me that but it's the first time I actually believe it."

"It's because it's true Demyan. You rose up to the occasion better than any of us could and you should wear it as a badge of honour. You became strong for everyone."

"There were times I didn't feel so strong," he rasped, "There were times when Malia was getting nightmares that I felt helpless or when Eli was in his incubator for a month that I was even worse. He was so small Ethan, he could only fit in my one hand and I was not even there when he was born."

"Yet you saved both him and Malia, Demyan," I stressed, "He looks so much like you. Your little twin that if we travelled back in time I would have truly thought he was you. He's curious and cheeky but all so loving that I kick myself every day for not being in his life sooner.