I was about to say that I thought that Pete still lived at home with his parents, but I see that you explained yourself in the footnotes. That's okay, I think we should give Pete some benifit of the doubt and let him live on his own. It makes him cooler for some reason.
Author's response
Yeah, more coolness definitely couldn't harm Captain Clandestine. But you are right. Wouldn't have been a problem to have him move back in with his parents. Well, at some point he eventually did because he was in his room when he took the pills...