"I don't know if it's worth it, is the thing. It could be, or..." or it could blow up in his face. Spoiler: it would blow up in his face. "Like- is one person, someone you're not dating but want to date, enough reason to stay in a shitty situation?" He paused for a moment. "Well, if I moved out, it'd be less shitty, but."

He smiled, steadily more and more- amused? Endeared?- as she went on. Nobody had ever gone to any of his parties for marshmallows or ghost stories. But- why couldn't that change? Why couldn't he work with what he had, adapt to the atmosphere of this place and the people who were in it? "That sounds very...autumnal. I like it, actually."