[all reasons are valid, and no excuses justify. between the two of them, it's hard to say who looks more uncomfortable-- gansey with his cognitive shift, or "joey" struggling against a coke habit he doesn't realize he ever had.

this version of him, at least, would sooner the illness than the existential doubt. he is existentially pretty secure, really. and that's why he's, hashtag, not a canon the raven cycle character.]

Yeah, they're awesome. Like way more diverse than my family. Sometimes they get pissed at me cuz I say something stupid, but I'm learning a lot about like, culture. And gentrification. And stuff. Like. Magic. [a beat, and then something like worry settles in over his strained eyes.] Blue doesn't like me here, does she?

You, neither.