After all the acrobatics I had to do to keep myself out of a Lucian wedding? Dear, I can't very well go back on that and decide I care in the slightest about commitment now.
[He laughed, rolling his eyes in exasperation that wasn't even remotely serious.]
Besides...we're both very fractured people just trying to stop each other from falling apart. Worrying what to do about this relationship or even what to call it is a distant second priority after keeping ourselves reasonably sane. Maybe when a human life stops seeming like the amount of time it takes for me to cross this room, then we can determine something.
[Ardyn paused, trying to come up with the words for what he knew he'd need to say next.]
...My resentment is saved for far greater things than you, and jealousy is a waste of my time. I'm his friend, not his keeper--you two can do what you will.
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[He laughed, rolling his eyes in exasperation that wasn't even remotely serious.]
Besides...we're both very fractured people just trying to stop each other from falling apart. Worrying what to do about this relationship or even what to call it is a distant second priority after keeping ourselves reasonably sane. Maybe when a human life stops seeming like the amount of time it takes for me to cross this room, then we can determine something.
[Ardyn paused, trying to come up with the words for what he knew he'd need to say next.]
...My resentment is saved for far greater things than you, and jealousy is a waste of my time. I'm his friend, not his keeper--you two can do what you will.