[ Bree smiles a little and nods. ]

Yeah. I like Fergus. He's...had a totally different life experience than I have. Sometimes it's awkward trying to figure out what, exactly, our relationship is since it's still so new. But I always wanted a brother. I just thought I'd get a younger one, not an older one.

[ And she stopped hoping for it a long, long time ago because clearly, it was never going to happen, but still. She remembers the years she hoped for it. ]