You never know when the good you do may come back around

Nathan Ford - Thief

Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton and Victor Alli as John Stirling

Charles immediately wants to be situationships with Crystal but tbh them being actual friends takes a lot longer. He seems to kinda want to be friends with Brad and Hunter but he barely even gets to the point of “kinda amicable” before shit goes down. With Niko, he clearly likes her immediately but they seem to exchange about five sentences total.

Like, Charles is friendly instantly but him being actual friends takes a lot longer, which given his history is of course super fair.

But Edwin! With Niko and Charles both, it’s on sight, it’s “I just met you and I love you, BFFs 5ever!”

And you may be thinking “nah, Charles was the one who said you’re stuck with me,” and that is true, because Charles is the one who parlays connection into physical attachment. But Edwin is the one who declares them friends! “I sincerely wish we could have been friends for longer”!!!