Perhaps not, but being different from the rest of them can be terribly isolating. [Yep. That happened. Deal with it. He is extremely satisfied by that snuggling and this has become a high school slow dance. Way less effort. Also necessary because Belle makes him a dumb teenager to such an extent that he can't even put too much concern into his words and it's mostly an afterthought. Belle doesn't care. He knows that... deep down anyway.

Also somewhere Jefferson's going HALE NAW and planning on smacking Charming's shit up, because he totally made this ship happen, okay? Okay. No credit for you, bro.

He looks down at her, kinda smirking.] Well, now that you've mention it... It does seem emptier, doesn't it?