A lost cause might. [Dorian isn't doing this because he's a good person. He's doing it because he wants to keep Ethan. Does he care about Ethan? Yes, but he is practiced at becoming apathetic like he's flipping a switch. Whenever he wants to, he can stop caring. The only reason he hasn't flipped that switch is because he needs people, especially here. And because he still feels the reverberations of Lily leaving him, and facing his empty house alone once again. He doesn't want to be alone again. In that way, he feels like a bit of a hostage in this situation.
Say you meet that person, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it I want to protect them with my life or how long is it going to take for them to leave?
He isn't at Protect him with my life yet, but he does want to protect Ethan. Does that mean he could ever come back from all the lives he has destroyed without looking back? No. It just means this is one life he's trying not to destroy.]
I hope you do, Mr. Ethan Chandler, [is all he can say to that last, though he knows the truth. Ethan doesn't have the slightest idea how thick the ice is, how deep the darkness runs.]
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Say you meet that person, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it I want to protect them with my life or how long is it going to take for them to leave?
He isn't at Protect him with my life yet, but he does want to protect Ethan. Does that mean he could ever come back from all the lives he has destroyed without looking back? No. It just means this is one life he's trying not to destroy.]
I hope you do, Mr. Ethan Chandler, [is all he can say to that last, though he knows the truth. Ethan doesn't have the slightest idea how thick the ice is, how deep the darkness runs.]