I haven't finished the episode yet because I got to the head kiss and just need to like... process this shit.
Mx Ashton "I have chronic pain and thus hate physical contact" Greymoore singling out Fearne and only Fearne for a goodbye hug. Like, FCG does not get any physical affection for their goodbye.
Using the hug to try and pickpocket her, which has been - from literally their first interaction - a core part of their dynamic and often reads as weirdly affectionate
When caught, he specifies that he wants something "personal and irreplaceable". Something something, when asked to hand over something valuable to the rhyming gate guardian in the feywild, they said the thimble had personal value to them and specified that they stole it from Fearne. Something something, anything stolen from Fearne is inherently personal and valuable to them because it's stolen from her and that's a gesture of affection from Ashton
Fearne answering this request with a kiss on the head, and then being so flustered by her own response that she forgets what he even asked for and seemingly doesn't know why she did it
(Fearne having previously expressed that emotions outside the feywild are more intense and sometimes being confused by them.)
Ashton's somewhat stunned, flustered reaction to the kiss.
"Well, fuck, that's just really hard to steal back, isn't it?" Their intention every time they pick pocket Fearne is for her to steal it back, they WANT that back and forth, they WANT it to be playful and affectionate, they WANT Fearne in their personal space
When Fearne forgets what Ashton asked for immediately after kissing him, he plays it off, claiming he asked for something expensive. They're both too thrown by the whole interaction to actually acknowledge what it was
Ashton: You're just fucking great. Fearne: You were, too.
WERE??? Fearne, what is happening in your head right now????
Ashton: See you later today (because they WILL see her again, they will not accept this as goodbye, they're not even ready to acknowledge what just happened.)
I'm losing my miiiiiind 💗💚
