Rory buried his face in against Nick's shoulder but it was only for a moment and probably just to use Nick as a tissues before he was back to looking at Jeff and sizing him up. It wasn't like Nick made a habit of having visitors. "Sorry, I promise he will like you. He's just not used to people coming around. In fact, Blaine's probably about the only dude on the regular, and he's Rory's godfather, so he has him all the time when his roster allows. Not lately, though, for obvious reasons. And just when you feel like they should have all their teeth and it feels like you have gone through this a billion and half times, it happens again and it's always hit him pretty hard. Doesn't it, lil buddy," he murmured, dropping a kiss to Rory's little head.

"But come in. Jesus, are you a sucker for punishment?" He closed the door behind Jeff and led him into the apartment. And it was actually surprisingly neat this time with Rory not feeling well enough to throw his toys all over the place. Then he just have to give a laugh of disbelief. "No, really, dude, why aren't you heading home to bed? If he starts crying again, he could go for hours. It's... fatherhood is epically amazing, but it can also be epically exhausting. Especially trying to do it alone. Sometimes, I don't know whether I'm coming or going."