[ The laughter dies when Chase realizes that Caleb is being as disgustingly sincere about this as he is about everything else. And the thing is... he kind of likes that about Caleb? Which makes him resent the other boy even more.
Because, really, everything's complicated enough without developing a stupid, pointless crush on the guy he tried to kill. The guy who kind of kicked his ass and knocked him right into a goddamn flaming portal.
The guy who represents every opportunity that had been taken from Chase just because he had the amazing luck of being born to the descendant of John Putnam instead of one of the other families. ]
Yeah? And what am I supposed to do with that information, huh? [ SUDDENLY, NOTHING IS FUNNY ANYMORE. ] Feel bad for you? Fight your girlfriend for your hand?
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Because, really, everything's complicated enough without developing a stupid, pointless crush on the guy he tried to kill. The guy who kind of kicked his ass and knocked him right into a goddamn flaming portal.
The guy who represents every opportunity that had been taken from Chase just because he had the amazing luck of being born to the descendant of John Putnam instead of one of the other families. ]
Yeah? And what am I supposed to do with that information, huh? [ SUDDENLY, NOTHING IS FUNNY ANYMORE. ] Feel bad for you? Fight your girlfriend for your hand?