Steve and Cecil’s relationship is so interesting to me because Steve knew more about Cecil and how he reacts to his trauma more than he knew himself. Steve’s primary defense of Cecil is that Cecil is traumatized, and he KNEW Cecil’s hatred of him was rooted in trauma and his fear of being abandoned by his only family. Cecil didn’t know that, Cecil didn’t know why he hated Steve, he didn’t know the root of the cause, he just knew he thought Steve was trying to steal Abby and Janice from him. Steve watched Cecil suffer but was kind enough to not bring it up because he KNEW Cecil had to figure it out for himself.







