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Sophie is the only one that knows the laws but she doesn’t have a license so she spends the entire time as a backseat driver. She sometimes turned around to scold everyone when they got too noisy arguing are laughing, but mostly she ignored what they were doing.

Fitz is the actual driver, and he just sits in silence the entire time as he gets increasingly overwhelmed until Sophie taps him on the should to tell him he missed a turn and all the frustration he bottled up for three hours just explodes. Sophie yelling at the guys in the back just further upset him, and when he got honked at he was so startled he nearly sped into the car in front of them.

Keefe started with them, the halfway through he slipped away when they were at a rest stop and got an Uber.

Tam initially argued with Biana to get to choose the music but ended up just listening to American Idiot and napping. He tried to read but got carsick.

Biana made a playlist in advance for this and was ready to fight tooth and nail to play it.

Dex got forgotten at the rest stop and going back for him added another hour to the trip. He used Sophie’s wallet to buy himself lunch while he waited for them to come get him.

Wylie drove separately but didn’t tell anyone he was going to until they were packing the car because he wanted to go by himself.

Linh and Marella have to sit on people’s laps because there weren’t enough seats for the first half of the trip but once Keefe dips and Dex is left behind they both have a seat to themself, until Linh realizes they forgot Dex. After that Marella sits on Linh’s lap until they get to their destination. Marella listens to music while Linh braids her hair until her hands start cramping, then she takes a nap.

And how he was completely defenceless and would have been caught if the others hadn’t insisted on finding him

And he had tried to convince them not to save him that night!

Obviously they would never have left him but I can’t imagine the amount of dread he must feel knowing he nearly talked himself into becoming a phantom

I havent read the books in a while so bear with me if I get stuff wrong but! I feel like a lot of ppl can agree that sophitz was sweet but also felt vaguely loveless (as in romantic love). and the actual reason for that is probably that Shannon wanted to resolve the love triangle with sokeefe but! i propose an alternate headcanon

we know that sophie was fitz's first close female relationship (that wasn't family) and that they got even closer due to becoming a telepathic bonded pair. I think he mistook that closeness for romantic feelings bc ✨️amatonormativity✨️ (source: ive done this before) and convinced himself that his desire to be closer to her *was* a romantic relationship.

after all, isnt romantic love (and being matched) the strongest love of all? isn't that the relationship that should take the most priority? if sophie and keefe get together does that mean he's going to lose the person closest to him *and* his (former) best friend? (especially bc elves dont *really* have divorce)

and I think this fits surprisingly neatly with their breakup if we consider that fitz's view on romantic love is largely shaped by elven society, which basically equates romantic love with being a good match! given that, it's no wonder that sophie's status as unmatchable would shake his faith in his love for her and hers for him