Cheese doesn’t need any of the crew to adopt him, he is getting his brother back and thus his family back
I see you, I hear you. But consider… Both Cheese and Spaulding are so deeply traumatised by their parents and everything that happened to them.
Jack, putting a hand on little Cheese shoulder after a long day, saying “I am proud of you.” Cheese would burst out into tears.
Myrtle, silently casting some kind of protection spell on Cheese before combat. Only later does he notice that some attacks just seem to bounce of him and something inside him breaks a little bit. Later, when they are alone, he gives her a hug and then scurries off SO FAST.
Marcid tries his very best to explain all this ship-owning-buisness to little Cheese, who doesn’t even know economy 101 and at some point, Cheese’s head just drops back and he us fast asleep after hours of doing this. With a deep sigh, Marcid picks the boy up and just deposits him in his bed, throwing a blanket on him. Cheese wakes up in the morning, pulls his knees to his chest and just weeps.
BECAUSE FINALLY, FINALLY THERE ARE SOME ADULTS WHO CARE ABOUT HIM AND TAKE CARE OF HIM!!!!!
So, yeah, Cheese is close to grown up and has his brother, but I refuse to believe that he (and his bro) don’t deserve to do some healing and to have some positive experiences with parental figures.
Oh, also, since they theoretically don’t have a home except for the ship anymore, they absolutely stay at Gold Gardens while in Leviathan. Having some fun under the watchful eyes of Garthy and Jack.