covert little thief

Dr Ryland ‘I like to keep a wall up in my relationships’ Grace who is perpetually afraid of loss, and cannot comprehend why you would want to get close to someone who you are going to lose (Shapiro and Dubois scene). Who is more similar to Stratt than he realises, in the sense that both of them are trying to reduce the blast radius. Both of them are trying to make it hurt less when the time comes (both of them failed). Dr Ryland Grace who didn’t have anyone to be brave for because he never let anyone get close enough.

grace and rocky make the perfect set of friends because they both struggle with thinking "I am not worth all that you've done for me" while simultaneously hitting each over over the head with "you are more than enough, you are so important, you are loved"

Whumping Ryland Grace is the greatest thing because you get to explore Grace's fear of dying and Rocky's trauma around watching his friends die, all at the same time!