Okay this is just me rolling with this here but
Maura still being psychic and knowing this is the year Blue and Adam will meet their true loves so she’s doing everything in her power to make sure they both have advantageous marriages (which would be so much easier if they weren’t so stubborn). Adam was semi-adopted by the Sargents after his parents abandoned him and left him in disgrace or whatever it’s called and he longs to be free of the circumstances of his birth.
Which makes it that much worse an insult that when he asks Ronan to dance, Ronan curls his lip in disgust and tells Adam that he does not, in fact, dance nor does he wish to embarrass himself in such a manner. Adam immediately dislikes his attitude and leaves him, and once he hears Ronan tell Gansey that Adam is “not nearly handsome enough to tempt him”, immediately Adams like oh fuuuuuck this guy
So anyways Maura is bragging to Gansey and Ronan about how, while Orla certainly attracts a lot of attention, it’s Blue who is offered the most marriages. And, why, would you believe that she’s been receiving offers since she was barely 6 years old! Blue, meanwhile, is screaming internally and Gansey is just like :) cause he just wants to spend time with Blue.
Adam realizes that Blue is uncomfortable and Gansey isn’t the type to take hints like Maura is hoping he would and so he swoops in to save her, and tells the group that “while she has been receiving offers, any romantic intention behind the proposals was immediately killed off due to these people barely knowing Blue a week before proposing. And how very rude, to only be spoken to a few times and then proposed to, with gifts and unoriginal poetry to persuade her, no less. Extravagance does not necessarily encourage affection in their family.”
And Ronan, who has been staring at Adam so intensely all night that Adam thought something must be wrong with his face, finally speaks.
“And what would be good enough to encourage affection within your family? Since you seem to be the expert on such matters.”
And Adam knows he’s goading him, laughing at him. The tips of his ears burn, but he turns and faces Ronan head-on, rising to the bait.
“Dancing,” he says, eyes unwavering. “Even if we find ones partner not nearly handsome enough to tempt us.”
And externally? Ronan is an unwavering mask of general distaste.
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