YESSSS!!! YES, SAM! You CAN talk him into leaving! All so good! I love these boys that you've created so much! Also, I'd like to thank you for that tasty bit of forge-porn. Hmm, Blacksmith Dean half nekkid and hammering things--who can ask for more?!

Also: "and how was that fair that someone he didn’t know from Adam could read his temper better than the only family he’d ever had could?" Ooooohhhhh the irony!!!

I love this story so much I'd marry it.