"Then I hope you're not attached to your budding social life, kiddo," he says, not entirely happy with the idea, but considering it better than the alternative of just washing his hands of any responsibility entirely. He's better than that, and he knows it, even if it's taken him a damn long while to acknowledge it.

"I already know you're more than meets the eye, so your secret identity excuse doesn't hold any weight if you're just working with me."