Greg's glare meets Irvine's for one heated second. Come near his blood again, you'll have to go through him. Again.

The moment breaks as Steven closes the distance between them, and Greg meets the embrace by curling his body around his son as much as possible, shell within a shield.

Adrenaline will stop the pain, but not the leak. Blood soaks through his clothes and splatters underneath him. Greg just clutches onto his son, holding him for the first time in days, in an eternity.