[Except Teddy isn't strong at all. He's good at pretending, he's good at trying to be what people need... but he's still lost everything, and now it feels like he's lost Billy too.]

How do you even know that? Did you hear it second hand like the stuff with Mother?

[He crosses his arms, looks away from Billy. His eyes are stinging and he's not going to cry in front of Billy again.]

I said don't. If I hadn't shown up, you wouldn't have come back for me, so you don't have to say you would now. I don't need you to be perfect... I don't need you to already be better. Just showing me you're trying is enough. And just... stop telling me what I deserve or not! All I wanted was you, Billy Kaplan. I always felt lucky to have that, even after losing everything else.