Jermaine's face falls too, though it didn't have very far to go.

"Sorry, I'm... not trying to give you a hard time, Finn." He shifts a little, moving to sit next to him. "I'm glad you're feeling better about all that stuff. I guess I'm just..."

He takes a breath.

"Do you wanna know what, exactly, me and Jake were uh... talking about?" He assumes the answer is yes -- at least a door-mandated yes -- and continues without pause. "I was scared you were growing up to be a little... too much like Dad. And I guess I'm still scared of that."

Part of him braces for a Jake-esque outburst, but the rest of him feels strangely at peace. It actually felt good to say. Since he and Jake's fight, Jermaine barely felt right discussing it with Bryce. His boyfriend was a little too eager to start dumping on his family if he gave him an inch.