womp womp

i know kit loves an over the top sugary seasonal drink, it's not spring it's white chocolate pistachio latte season, it's not summer it's strawberry matcha season, it's not fall it's pumpkin spice season, it's not winter it's candycane hot chocolate season

i know cassie said she wouldn't have one of her protagonists say fuck like horace because it isn't very clever etc and that's not untrue but i do think if it turns out that johnny rook was/is one of the greater demons kit should be allowed to crash out so hard that the entire page is just swear words

tessa not having raised kids in this century and jem having spent 100 years as a monk so like they knew teenagers can be moody and reclusive and overly dramatic but they've never had to confront something like kit blasting no surprises by radiohead for 4 hours straight lying facedown on the floor

I know kit's friends are sick of him post-twp because any time he sees an animal he has to stop and take pictures to send to ty, who responds with that animal's scientific name and fun facts, and then kit won't shut up about oh did you know that millipedes predate the dinosaurs? bc my boyfriend did 🥰 by the way did i show you this picture of my boyfriend holding a mouse? 🥹 usually mice are really skittish and they don't like people but my boyfriend-

TY ART IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER THIS IS NOT A DRILL PEOPLE IT'S FINALLY COMING

let's have sympathy for kit in this moment because could you imagine being on a road trip through some of europe's most beautiful cities during pride, a joyful celebration of love, with the boy you never got over but think you can never be with and he's tall and gorgeous and smart and kind and brave and then sometimes he just carries adorable small animals in his pockets???? like CAN I LIVE PLEASE. CAN I LIVE IN PEACE FOR ONE MOMENT.

let's also appreciate that despite the miscommunication we know is coming both kit and ty are at least self aware enough to be able to HAVE the thought "i desperately do want to kiss this person" because we've started from worse places

i do actually think simon is a viable candidate for ty's previous crush because personality-wise i think simon and kit have a lot in common and simon was one of the witnesses at julian and emma's parabatai ceremony so they would have met

we probably have to accept that kit and ty will kiss before ty reveals the injuries on his back leading to a moment where kit's hand brushes them and ty flinches back but doesn't explain why yet making kit think he did something wrong or that ty is rejecting him thus causing another catastrophic miscommunication