i think people are afraid to touch jack until they see shitty climb into his lap one day and, expecting jack to yell at him or shove him away, are shocked to see him actually just hook his chin over shitty's shoulder and twitch his lips into something thats almost a smile, resuming the conversation he was having like nothing has changed. i think that people talk about him, but no one talks to him until shitty starts dragging him into conversations by reciting the little facts he's been collecting in his head about jack's likes and dislikes. i think everyone just assumes that jack isn't interested in being part of the team until shitty starts demanding that jack be invited to everything, or he's not going either. and i just think that jack doesn't even realize how much being included and feeling like part of the team are important to him until shitty offers that to him, and i think at the end of the day, shitty is more than jack's best friend, he's like, the person who taught jack how to be a friend.