<div class="floatleft">(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5778/31100568312_e8256e5b52_m.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Benjamin Holloway<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Employee - Medical Doctor<br/><strong>Date | Time:</strong>Aug. 1st, 3pm<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Private Yacht<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Tropical Print Board Shorts, White Tank Top, Unbuttoned Short Sleeve Ocean Motif Tropical Shirt, Sunglasses<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Emmett<strong>Mentioned:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Content Warning:</strong>Father/Son Bonding<hr/><br/>It was a half-truth, but Ben decided not to pursue that aspect of it specifically any longer.  He knew how Emmett was when dealing with his own feelings, and the young man was probably beating himself up enough already.  He didn't need his father adding much fuel to the fire inside, but watching his son sit and languish over something that will likely not change was not something he could do.  Ben pursed his slips slightly before softening his expression.  "And still you wait until only now to tell me?"  He said with a sigh of his own.  "You used to tell me everything," he said, shoulder slumping just slightly.  Ben didn't look disappointed long though.  He closed the small gap between them, wrapping strong arms around his son and pulling him into a loving embrace.  "I'm sorry, my boy," he said softly.  "I feel like we've drifted too much," he added, running a hand up and down Emmett's back.<br/><br/>He held his son for a long moment, and he noted the familiarity of the embrace.  Emmett was slow to participate, but eventually Ben felt those arms around him.  Ben pulled back to look at Emmett's face, and he felt like he was seeing his son again for the first time in years.  College and Jasmine had taken his attention from the one family member the boy had, but that was as life should be.  Ben knew he couldn't be by Emmett's side his entire life.  The young man needed to grow and experience his own path, but there was a small part of Ben that just wanted to hold Emmett and tell him it would be alright, to destroy his fears and doubts about everything.<br/><br/>Ben took a moment again, stealing another embrace from his son.  It was different now though.  Not just because Emmett had gone and come back a man but because Ben was feeling something he hadn't expected.  The warmth of Emmett's body was more noticeable than before.  His scent was in the air, the scent of a young man grown.  His body was strong and developed, and for some reason, the forbidden nature of noting these things about his own son didn't interfere.  Ben found himself wanting more.