A memory was pulled up. Hashtag #TBT, Throwback Thursday. A photo of a young human Ash, hair being ruffled by someone whose face isn't in frame. Ash smiled. He didn't often feel connected to the memories that formed the basis of his personality, but in this moment, he did.

He leant in and pressed another short kiss to Junior's lips before walking past him to gather his clothes from the floor. "Sounds perfect." And it did, for any given definition of the term 'perfect.'