#runwiththewolf

Okay so to start off, I 100% think that Declan already knows that Ronan is gay. People who like Declan definitely gravitate towards ignoring that that scene where his like brow tightens or some shit when he sees Ronan put his legs on Adam because it’s not exactly glitteringly pristine allyship on his part. 

I also think it’s sort of crazy to decry Declan as being a homophobe, as people who don’t like him are prone to do. Whether people are good people or not, nobody lives in a vacuum devoid of cultural influence, particularly rich white teenage boys. It seems wild to be like “well we KNOW Declan is a liberal” when we literally only know that from extrapolating from a single offhand line in TDT, but like, we know that Declan is a liberal, so I’m going to cross “raging homophobe” off the list to begin with because on top that, it’s just an inconsistent choice with the way his character is written overall. 

The way I normally read that scene isn’t exactly in a way that’s super stellar for Declan either, but I think it has to do more with ronan and declan’s idea that the other is always trying to go out of their way to antagonize the other. As absolutely shitty as it is, my number one interpretation for that scene is probably that Declan was thinking “wow i guess ronan is gay just to cause a scene to inconvenience ME personally” (I think it’s more complicated than that, for the record. There’s probably a lot of things at play including unfortunate Catholic reflexes, an unreasonable feeling of being betrayed because Ronan didn’t tell him and never will want to tell him, and the concern of having a brother who is already depressed and dangerous an suicidal and knowing that this is going to mean more conflicts he has to deal with. More things too probably). Which is stupid obviously, and if he’s even aware of the fact that he thinks that, Declan would probably even be aware that that’s totally stupid and unreasonable. But also completely in line with the Lynch Bros antagonism pre-TRK. Ronan thinks everything Declan does is to be overbearing and controlling for no other reason, and Declan thinks everything Ronan does is to make a scene and rebel. This is going to become less of a thing post-TRK after they’ve both realized that they have their own shit they’re coping with, but you also don’t just stop feeling their feelings

This all leading to a coming out that I think probably doesn’t happen. I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility entirely, but in my mind, he just Exists as a Gay Man With a Boyfriend openly and in a way that dares Declan to comment on it. Which ofc Declan is aware of and he already knew Ronan was gay and their relationship is already fragile enough, so he barely comments it. But it also doesn’t help with the idea that Ronan is trying to antagonize him. Anyway, this definitely culminates in an argument eventually that frankly either of them could have started, but hopefully clears the air but also knowing them… probably does not, but works out EVENTUALLY anyway. 

Basically TL;DR: I think it probably doesn’t go perfectly because people don’t react to things perfectly, least of all Declan Lynch, but not like, awfully. 

Okay, so there actually weren’t as many of these as I expected! I think it’s mainly because a lot of writers immediately have Ronan drop out post-canon and Adam and Ronan are generally pretty private people. That being said, most of these have them being out, but not like out out.

Also, the first two fics are Sheila’s picks/comments!

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BIG MOOD - people forget that a) every single fox has done shitty things at some point why they do all get a pass and aaron doesn’t b) we read the whole series wearing Josten googles and Neil doesn’t like Aaron so of course it seems like he is the worst