[For Anthony]An unlikely place to find a like-minded individual.
In past years, the last two days would have been an amusing distraction, fun, even. Julian would have enjoyed watching the secret and not-so-secret deliveries of love declarations, and would have even thought today's chaos of magically-induced infatuation was entertaining, if a bit disruptive in some cases, and rather sad in a few others.
But today? Today it was just...irritating. An unwelcome reminder for him of how he'd changed, of who he used to be and who he'd become, for one. But not only that, it was simply that he had no patience for such things anymore.
He sighed and put the kettle on, ignoring the comings and goings in the kitchen, focused on his task. Love. Love was an illusion, a dream that only served to blind the lover to the pain that love inevitably brought. He was finished with that nonsense, and he didn't appreciate the island rubbing it in his face, however unintentionally.
But today? Today it was just...irritating. An unwelcome reminder for him of how he'd changed, of who he used to be and who he'd become, for one. But not only that, it was simply that he had no patience for such things anymore.
He sighed and put the kettle on, ignoring the comings and goings in the kitchen, focused on his task. Love. Love was an illusion, a dream that only served to blind the lover to the pain that love inevitably brought. He was finished with that nonsense, and he didn't appreciate the island rubbing it in his face, however unintentionally.