Gere called him mate, and Henry loved that, found himself thinking the same even, but they hadn’t really talked about forever yet. What did forever mean to a mothman? Was Gere an ancient cryptid who would outlive Henry by centuries, or would Henry outlive him and grieve him for the rest of his life? Those were the real questions. Maybe that was what Henry needed for perspective. He owned his apartment, his mortgage was low, he had a great job. He didn’t need the money from the house sale to live, and that was a very, very privileged situation to be in. They could test it out, look at Birdsong, see if Gere liked it, and if he did and Evan didn’t change his mind…well, they could always sell it later if things didn’t work out.
The more Henry thought about it, the more the old manor seemed li
