Post-ck, Kaz is the de facto third wheel to Wesper, who are in love, sure. But there are other dynamics amongst the Ketterdam boys to be noted:
Jesper third wheeling the Kerch boys. They’re talking politics and scheming bullshit and working through finances and Jesper is truly left just fixing a craft in the corner. It’s crazy how his two favourite people start talking to each other and suddenly everything is boring as hell. Jesper goes “let’s go out tomorrow” and Kaz is working all night and Wylan is working all day and “no, that’s too expensive” “it’s not smart for us all to be seen in public together right now” “I’ve got a hearing in the morning, Jes” “a ship is getting in, it’s going to be a big, rowdy night.” He’s going to kill them.
Wylan third wheeling Jes and Kaz. There’s a longer, more intense history there. These bitches are always fighting over a word being mentioned that once came up between them three years ago. Wylan, committing to Jesper, is Kaz’s brother in law. He signed up to be a part of this “family” apparently. Why these two still talk to each other is beyond him because three weeks ago Jesper forgot he said he’d come by to fix up some windows and then made excuses and forgot again so Kaz finally brought it up by literally sinking one of Jesper’s stocks.
And then of course, Kaz third wheeling Wesper when Wylan is very much in the mood to have some fun and…Wesper PDA and Kaz just sitting there questioning his choices. Or, really, Wesper caring very deeply about the mental health of someone whose girlfriend is fighting at sea for months at a time. Kaz somehow literally working around the clock to a degree that is more self-destructive than before. He will get so mopey and so mad and so impulsive some weeks. Wesper needs to take him out and walk him like a puppy. They’re his siblings showing up to poke him and piss him off on purpose but they are also his self-appointed babysitters.
….Jesper’s letters to Inej being so whiny sometimes:
“Your boyfriend keeps stealing my boyfriend. They’ve been talking about some fucking insurance policy for an hour. Girl come back.”
“No one is any fun anymore. Wylan keeps going to work ‘because someone needs to ruin my father’s legacy’ or ‘I need to know what’s going on if I’m going to change anything’ and he leaves in like…in the morning. Like. At 7. In the morning.”
“Your boyfriend is actually evil please fix him. He’s so mean to me. He’ll make me run errands and he doesn’t even pay me because ‘you asked for something to do’ and ‘I’m not giving you money you don’t even need to gamble’ and ‘why did you come over at 3pm just to complain’”
