Spoiler alert: it was all real, because making it real was the best armor one could have-- nothing to be gained from people knowing he had tamed a herd of deer around the farm by dreaming them a fawn, or that he habitually dreamed his friends things they might need.
Life was easier when every thought Ronan Lynch was incapable of kindness.
"Erika, huh? You got ultrasound here? Figures, they got that but not cars." Notice how he wasn't contradicting her, or saying he wouldn't -- he had never been a particular fan of small children, but they were also small children.
"And Parrish can defend himself just fine. Want to bet he'll be offended you think he needs your 'help'?" Air-quotes included.
"I'll say whatever I want to him- if he's got a problem with it, he'll let me know." Easy, nonchalant, absolute confidence; not in his own ability to keep from offending Adam, as that would no doubt keep happening as long as he kept breathing, but rather in Adam, Adam's ability to tell him to fuck off. (Besides -- he could keep saying whatever he wanted to Adam, because underneath it all, both of them knew exactly what Ronan's opinion of him was.)
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Life was easier when every thought Ronan Lynch was incapable of kindness.
"Erika, huh? You got ultrasound here? Figures, they got that but not cars." Notice how he wasn't contradicting her, or saying he wouldn't -- he had never been a particular fan of small children, but they were also small children.
"And Parrish can defend himself just fine. Want to bet he'll be offended you think he needs your 'help'?" Air-quotes included.
"I'll say whatever I want to him- if he's got a problem with it, he'll let me know." Easy, nonchalant, absolute confidence; not in his own ability to keep from offending Adam, as that would no doubt keep happening as long as he kept breathing, but rather in Adam, Adam's ability to tell him to fuck off. (Besides -- he could keep saying whatever he wanted to Adam, because underneath it all, both of them knew exactly what Ronan's opinion of him was.)