Closed RP with @heyseadog
A grumpy Ely was not a rare occurrence. They were a teenager with an added angsty past, after all. That grumpiness did usually, however, go away after someone offered them a jar of marmalade or poked them in the ribs. That was not the case this time. They had been offered many a jar of marmalade- quite a few by the offending person who had left them steeped in grumpiness.
Ed had moved on from it and everyone was acting like everything was back to normal. Stede was back and everyone just accepted his apology and forgave him. Ely would not. He had taken on the role of father to them and, despite all of his promises, had betrayed them. Stede had known that their parents had left them and that Ely carried that weight with them, regardless of how they tried to rationalise it. He had known where they had come from. He had still left without a word and came back like he had done nothing wrong.
Unlike Ed, Ely was not willing to forgive and forget. They stood off to the side with a scowl spread across their features. It was directed at the sea, their arms leaning against the railings, but they were thinking about Stede.
"I don't get how he can just come back all chirpy and act like he never did anything wrong." They grumbled, noting that Izzy had come up next to them.
