Ian didn't immediately contact the twins just because Eugene said he could. While he knew their numbers from memory, he had never used them. Not even when he was still living in that house.
So it wasn't easy, even after knowing that they were, essentially, just children. Children who couldn't fully experience childhood because of dysfunctional parents. An abusive, patriarchal alpha father, and an absent omega father. The guidance they received was a toxic one meant for adults, and acting like children would send them to a beating.
It wasn't easy, when he considered himself to be someone contributing in the way they grew up. It was almost as hard as the time he decided to reply to Eugene's text the first time.
