before
Some times he forgets which of them will never grow up; sometimes he thinks of high school and college and which type of girl her should marry (proper or not, English or Scottish), and gets as far as he can before he's got to picture himself with said wife, in front of the little picket-fenced house he knows he'll live in one day, and remembers: I Will Stay Nine and Three-Quarters, Forever.
He confided in Tony, once, because it seemed like a good idea.
"I feel a bit like I'll never be anything."
It's hot and humid, causing Tony's hair to limp and Rudolph's tongue to stick, but mostly they ignore it, relishing in the safety of the vampire's tomb.
The blonde nods somberly, "At least you could totally skip the whole puberty thing, dude."
And he feels just so much better.