#the second secret

[likeasecondself]

'Ronan's second secret was Adam Parrish' is a beautiful sentence craft, because it could have easily said "Ronan likes boys/Ronan is gay" since the three secrets pertain to his identities. But no, it was never going to be put so simply because Ronan's sexual identity is fully encapsulated by Adam Parrish. He likes a boy, but it isn't any boy and it will never be any other boy except Adam (Ronan knew of Adam's existence before he saw Adam the first time- from The Dreamer Trilogy). Ronan's sexual identity could easily be "Adam Parrish" rather than any other label, and that's just a wonderful example of who Ronan is, extremely monogamous and loyal to Adam being his first (and the first man on Earth), and his last love. Adam is one of Ronan's identities.

[herondalekindoflove]

River Viiperi as Ronan Lynch

[likeasecondself]

In The Raven Cycle, Adam is described as one (of three) of Ronan's identities, aka secrets (post) and by the time The Dreamer Trilogy occurs, one of Adam's identities (of three) is being Ronan's lover.

What a fucking duo. I will forever be in awe of their love for each other and what they mean to each other. They are like-a-second-self, an integral part of what makes both of their personhoods is the other person.

Also, going from Ronan's secret to lover? Yes, yes, yes.