@instinctiisms
would it be utterly too egotistical to think that the doom and gloom now settling over auradon via unexpected snow was somehow his doing? he was back and so was winter -- the most solemn and foreboding of seasons. he truly hoped that this wasn’t some kind of omen for his marriage. duchess’s ire towards him was completely justified, and if the children iced him out, then he deserved that, too. but ultimately, his departure was in service to them. thomas, typically a man who always knew the right thing to say, simply had no idea how to explain any of this to his wife or family. as they sat at the dining room table, he at least counted himself lucky that she let him inside. “you have to know, i was always going to come back.”
