"Mm, I'm a natural," he agrees with a faint, but pleased smile. There's no sense pretending he doesn't truly adore this, holding this sweet little boy, born of a man who has become a truly good friend.

"I was never going to have any of my own," he says. "And I've always been very comfortable with that, but it's nice to be around others who have. I get to enjoy all the parts of it I always knew I would."