[ From the outside it could be a lot of things. Lucky there aren't a lot of spectators on the street right now. They can just be a couple of blokes trying to sort something out.

John doesn't try to tug away from the tightening grip, knowing he's searching for some kind of stability. If he can at least be that for him, then he will. This is always the hardest bloody part of it. ]

It doesn't always work out simply. Sometimes---sometimes spirits just can't let go. Other times the living have trouble letting go. I think---[ Because he hasn't asked plainly. He was too close for it all. What kind of conversation is he supposed to have with his sometimes boyfriend's ghost dad? ]---I think he wasn't ready to let go of you.

Wanted to keep close and look out for you as best he could, considering.