The air gets knocked out of him as Seth smashes into his chest again, and he takes a second to just breathe and blink in surprise. What a weird kid.

He doesn't mind, of course, looping his arms loosely around him again. Now that Seth has specified what he likes, he also brings a hand up and begins to do exactly that thing. His fingers run lightly through the other's curls, gently pulling apart whatever knots he finds. One of his kids had inherited hair like this from his mother, and so he knows the exact way to be gentle but firm with these curls, neatening them up a little for now.

"This okay?"