The Secret Billionaire Heiress Strikes Back
R asked about him once, unprompted, while Dante was tucking him in.
"Is Mr. Jayce still a hero?" R asked, with the specific solemnity of a child revisiting an important classification.
"I think so," Dante said carefully. "Why?"
"I just wanted to make sure," R said, already half-asleep, the words slurring slightly at the edges. "Heroes should stay heroes. It's bad if they stop."
Dante sat with that for a moment after R's breathing evened out into sleep, the small face gone soft and unguarded against the pillow, one hand still loosely curled around the dinosaur keychain he insisted on keeping within reach even in his sleep.