"Would... it be wrong to retire?" Tommy asks. Sure, they're young, but they're men with a family now. A kid dependent upon them. He'd rather be there for Rita, and know he would be there at the end of every day.
"Being with you and our family is worth it," Tommy grins. ANd yeah, he'll drop it all for Gar. "I mean, if I see people that need rescued in front of me, I'll do it. I can't just not. I wouldn't be me. But I'll give up the super heroics."
"That's not really what I'm asking," Gar points out. "I don't want you to
settle for something because then you'd just be showing our kids it's okay
to settle."
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"We can try and if it happens then it's meant to," Gar says, chewing his lip. "It'll make it even harder for us to work."
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"What would you do if you retired? Can you really leave all that behind?"
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"That's not really what I'm asking," Gar points out. "I don't want you to settle for something because then you'd just be showing our kids it's okay to settle."
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“You’re really sure you don’t want to wait until Rita is a little older?”
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“I do want it, Tommy,” Gar frowns but doesn’t lift his head. “I just worry, we’ll do it and neither of us will really be ready.”
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"How many do you want, Tommy?"
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Not that their Rita was intentional.
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"We can try."
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“Take some time to think about it.”