OOM: Awkward Conversations Run In The Family

[sbpd_papabear]

After making arrangements with Karen for a weekend respite at Milliways, Henry slips back through the door and back into the hallway in front of the linen closet. After putting away the clean sheets, he sits down with a cold glass of iced tea to figure out just what he's going to do.

Shawn deserves to know, they're both adults and no matter what, he's gonna hear about it sooner or later. If he doesn't hear it directly from the horse's mouth he'll get it from Juliet or Gus... and that would only make it look like he's hiding things from him. And hell, he doesn't want to hide things from Shawn, there's just certain things that really shouldn't be talked about and Shawn's got a really bad habit of saying things he shouldn't.

After a few hours deliberation, he sends his son a text message:

Meet you at Psych office in 30 min, bringing dinner & beer. Me and you ONLY.

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[sbpd_papabear]

"Right..." his head drops for a long moment, taking that in, before he asks; "Okay, assuming nobody gets stuck there..."

Pausing a moment to collect his words in a way that won't give away anything he's ready to say yet, he eventually asks; "What about staying for like a vacation? Maybe a couple days holed up there? Sunshine said they rent rooms..."

[psyched_you_out]

"Yeah, they do..."

There's a nagging suspicion poking at the back of his mind, but the rest of his mind that doesn't want to think about any such thing is ignoring it.

"You could probably stay there for a while and no one would be the wiser."

[sbpd_papabear]

He nods slowly; "And if I wanted to take someone with me there, it'd be the same right? I mean, Karen and I met there the first time and then I brought her again and then we took a coffee break there this afternoon..."

[psyched_you_out]

"yes, and I'm not sure I like where you're going with this."

So much for ignoring it.

[sbpd_papabear]

Henry stops and raises an eyebrow, the hairs on the back of neck prickling up at that tone.

"What, just make sure that anyone who comes gets the same sort of rules and responsibilities. I mean, it's all fair, right?"

Not a bad save, not a good one.

He's suddenly really hoping that Shawn's desire not to know about his life will kick in before he finishes putting that thought together.

[psyched_you_out]

Oookay.... so letting that one go.

"Yeah, as far as I know it should work the same way for everyone."

[sbpd_papabear]

"That's good..." he nods, already starting to form an idea Shawn really wouldn't want to know about.

After a brief moment, he pats Shawn on the shoulder and says; "Anyway, you and Gus coming for dinner Sunday? I think I'm gonna pull out that bit salmon in the freezer."

[psyched_you_out]

He considers it for a bit.

"We can probably make it, yeah."

[sbpd_papabear]

"All right, well... I'll see you then. If not, you know at work tomorrow."

Awkward. Really, really awkward.

Henry pats him again and gives a nod before tugging his baseball cap and jacket back on and snatching his keys.

Yeah, that went well.