Simon strikes me as the jealous type. Will not admit it, but you both know. He has had to fight tooth and nail for every good thing in his life, and you are no exception. And he’s not stupid; he knows that there are parts of your relationship he flounders in, places that he knows leave you wanting more. He’s gone more than he’s home sometimes, he misses important things, his job alone is a massive red flag, there are parts of himself he will never be able to reveal to you either because he can’t dig that corpse out again or simply for your safety, he can be emotionally unavailable, and downright mean at times. Which is why he’s so insistent about the things he believes he gets right.
Whether it’s rational or not, he doesn’t want you relying on others he hasn’t personally vetted. He wants you to rely on him. He wants to be needed by you. If nothing else, he wants to be so deeply ingrained in your life that pulling him out disrupts more than simply letting him stay. And when he sees others encroaching on that, it sets him on edge. Because if you can rely on someone else for something as simple as driving you home after work, what is to keep you from continuing that line of thought? Where does it end? When he’s been written out of your life, when you’ve moved on and left him with nothing, an empty house full of phantoms that he can’t grab?
I think these are more early relationship issues. Once he settles and feels secure they patter out into something much more manageable, for both of you. You’re able to catch those mood shifts of his and able to soothe the ache. At some point, Simon is able to appreciate the support system you have, that he doesn’t have to be all you have, because they will be there to catch you when you need it.
But on the alternative…. But Ghost has always been a cautious man, others might say paranoid. But his intuition has never led him wrong. Maybe he’s right about those coworkers of yours, about your friends, about your job, about the neighbors, about this fucking city. Ghost knows what people do when they believe they have no consequences, how they chew up and maul pretty little things like you with too much hope and not enough sense. But he doesn’t want you beaten and battered like him, no. He wants to create a place where you can be every part of yourself without fear. And Ghost is patient, he can play the long game. Besides, he needs enough time to get your dollhouse ready, only the best for you 🖤