"Teddy's less high maintenance usually, he just doesn't like car rides so much, so he needs all the attention." Leonard rolled his eyes at Mick and reached out to put a hand on his thigh. "Also, come on. Spraying a couple of dicks is hardly criminal."
"Oh. Okay, sorry." Barry apologised and slipped his phone away before turning to give all of his attention to the baby. Yep, he was a good kid, look at that. "Hey, mister." He reached out and playfully tickled his tummy. "No but he also tried to steal the car and he was pretty high. He only narrowly escaped juvie. Joe was kind to him."
"Axel's a good kid." He spent so much time trying and failing to convince Mick or Axel of that, he didn't need to add his new friend to the list of people that applied to. Leonard waited at the red light and looked over his shoulder at the two of them. "I'll buy you a coffee and we can forget the whole thing."
"No, I believe you." Barry said without hesitation. Joe believed it so Barry could buy it too. He didn't believe that anyone was that bad, not really. "Like you said earlier, people who do bad stuff aren't always bad people. There's lines and stuff, it's hard to define." Barry pretended to take Teddy's nose and then put it back on him, grinning at how excited the kid was over it. "What do you think? Are your daddies good people?"
"Thanks, kiddo, loving the enthusiasm." Leonard smiled at Teddy and then focused on the road again, letting go of Mick to have both hands on the steering wheel. Almost at Jitters. "You got any celebrations coming up? Birthday or whatever?" Hey, he was always ready to get Axel baking jobs.
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"Yes!" Teddy insisted, throwing his hands up.
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