[Ronan can't help but to falter at the profession of love. The gun lowers just a little bit more and for a moment, he feels awful for even drawing a weapon on this other boy- Adam doesn't deserve it, he thinks, Adam never did anything to hurt him.
But this isn't Adam, even if he loves him. It's something else entirely, and Ronan doesn't know what to do with it. He and Adam have only ever been equals though, even if he knows that Adam could have complete power over him- that's not something that Adam ever wants to be offered, and so Ronan doesn't hold it out for him.
That doesn't mean it's not there. And there's no temptation to take this impostor up on the offer, but a small part of his mind imagines how it would be all the same- it looks like how he used to dream of Adam, before he really knew him. Adam as a harsh king, nimble and regal and lordly, and Ronan as- something lower.
Reality has proved so much better than his dreams, though- he'd never give it up, not for a single second.]
-Parrish?
[He looks sideways at Adam when he asks for the gun and, though Ronan trusts him, he's not sure what Adam is planning. But it's sound, isn't it? The two of them need to stay separated, and so if he has Adam train the gun on the impostor, it would give Ronan time to tie him up, maybe mark him in some way so that there would be no confusion. And then they could... he doesn't know, keep the thing prisoner?
It doesn't have a neat solution in his mind, but it's a good start, and so after a moment, Ronan nods and offers it up to Adam.]
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But this isn't Adam, even if he loves him. It's something else entirely, and Ronan doesn't know what to do with it. He and Adam have only ever been equals though, even if he knows that Adam could have complete power over him- that's not something that Adam ever wants to be offered, and so Ronan doesn't hold it out for him.
That doesn't mean it's not there. And there's no temptation to take this impostor up on the offer, but a small part of his mind imagines how it would be all the same- it looks like how he used to dream of Adam, before he really knew him. Adam as a harsh king, nimble and regal and lordly, and Ronan as- something lower.
Reality has proved so much better than his dreams, though- he'd never give it up, not for a single second.]
-Parrish?
[He looks sideways at Adam when he asks for the gun and, though Ronan trusts him, he's not sure what Adam is planning. But it's sound, isn't it? The two of them need to stay separated, and so if he has Adam train the gun on the impostor, it would give Ronan time to tie him up, maybe mark him in some way so that there would be no confusion. And then they could... he doesn't know, keep the thing prisoner?
It doesn't have a neat solution in his mind, but it's a good start, and so after a moment, Ronan nods and offers it up to Adam.]
It'll take me a minute to get rope.