[suddenly all the pressure is gone, and peter almost stumbles forward when isaac pulls away and the cold rushes in between them. he feels dazed, confused, like gravity suddenly did a little shimmy to the side. it takes a second before he processes what isaac says.]

Okay. Okay.

[nothing has to change. that's a lie, but it's a nice comfortable sort of lie, the kind of lie that means they don't have to rethink everything. or too much, anyway.]

Roman's...I'm not leaving him alone, he can't deal on his own, but staying with us wouldn't work either. I'll figure something out for him.

[he swallows, leans back against the tree.]

Yeah. Nothing has to change.