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They’re…gentle with Jasper. They run their fingers through his hair, whisper molasses-dark sweetness in his ear, press soothing kisses over the bites they dot on his neck. He doesn’t understand why. He doesn’t understand how. He knows love hurts, both giving and receiving, and nowhere is that more true than with Remi and Maria.
Love hurts. It has to hurt. If it doesn’t hurt now, it will hurt later. It’s only a matter of time.
It’s agony—days, weeks spent bracing for the blow to finally land. Sometimes, Maria’s smile turns sharp and Jasper tenses, this is it. Other times, Remi clenches his fists and Jasper braces, this is it.
But it never is. Maria’s smile smooths out, Remi releases his fists, and Jasper is left feeling so suddenly bereft that it almost makes him nauseous.
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Or, there is something wrong in Jasper's relationship with Remi and Maria: It doesn't hurt.
(OR, Jasper has an ingrained association between love and pain. When his partners don't hurt him, well—he is confused, and eventually, distressed. This leads him to making some questionable choices.)