Queerplatonic grockdrian is making me feel things.
Grace never having understood why he's never really "fit in" with everyone else. Him never having understood anything about romance or sex and feeling out of place all his life, and other people noticing too! What Stratt said, he has no one (at least not in the eyes of an amato- and heteronormative society) so he's worth less to them. (this isn't a great example, since Stratt would've said anything to convince him to go, she just said whatever seemed the most convincing, but you get the point.)
And then there's Rocky, who doesn't even have all the cultural context to know why Grace is acting strange when he mentions his own mate. But even then, Rocky was always there for him despite that, Rocky doesn't care whether or not Grace has a mate, he just wants Grace to be happy.
And then Grace on Erid meeting Adrian and loving them and being loved back by them just as much as Rocky does. And being loved and wanted by both of them and it doesn't matter in what way they all love each other, only that they do.
There are no expectation for anything. No expectations of sex or kids or anything of the like, just being able to choose what he wants instead of being pressured into something by all of society.
Grace finally feeling accepted, loved, and wanted all unconditionally and being leaky (of course) over finally feeling like he belongs.
And he does.
