May 23
if you want a reason to hate ryland his demeanor can easily appear as performative depending on context, expression, etc. worst case just say reader has bad experiences with people who *were* performative abt it and dropped the act as soon as they were rejected
hope this isn't intrusive btw i really love the idea and i'm glad you're writing the fic!!
Not intrusive at all anon! Thank you for messaging! This is super helpful! I will keep this in mind when I’m working on the newest draft this is very helpful I was thinking about this idea too past negative experiences with people like Ryland is certainly a reason for scepticism from !reader