[ Finn’s expression, the stalwart smile he’d plastered on his face, trying and hoping for this interaction to go well, instinctively falters, blindsided by the question. Blindsided by the sympathy about…him being adopted?

He catches the look from Jake, and shifts from one leg to the other uncomfortably. He didn’t have to answer it, but he didn’t exactly feel free not to answer so direct a question either. Even if the answer was a lot more complicated than he felt prepared, in this moment for. ]

You don’t gotta be sorry about me being adopted. My parents were great, I really loved them. [ “Parents” being the ones he shared with Jake. ] They died when I was little and Jake raised me. My bio parents are…not around. It doesn’t really matter.

[ It did matter, but Finn wasn’t getting into that. Not right here and not right now. He returns the smile to his face, trying to move things along. ]

Listen, I wasn’t trying to mess up your training or anything, I just figured you two oughta meet, you know? Since we’re all on a big…team. Together.