It was frustrating having Leo constantly interrupting what should be the bonding between a summon and his summoner and Cole was about ready to do some magic to silence Leo long enough for him and Chris to truly connect before they had to deal with the panicking paladin father, but he knew that would anger Leo more and cause him to take away his summoner before he could truly find out if he was an acceptable summon and every fiber of his being needed to know if Chris accepted him, wanted him as his summon despite having been unable to find him for so long.

When Chris stepped away, Cole followed and reached out to grab Chris's hand and press it against Cole's sigil, gasping lightly at how it felt to have Chris, his summoner, touch the mark that connected them at every level. It was like a fire spreading out from the contact and he wanted more, but he knew Leo was going to interrupt them again. He had interrupted everything thus far.

At Chris's words, Cole got close and pressed his forehead against Chris's, closing his eyes and feeling the link between them and sending nothing but emotions of love and want and need, all with an undercurrent of desire threaded out through everything else. This was who he was supposed to be with. This was his summoner and he was a summon. This was how things were meant to be and he could feel that deep inside himself. "I've always been yours, even if I didn't know it. I felt you calling and I didn't know where to go. I'm so sorry, my summoner. I've caused you so much pain."