i like when pre-prologue trikey fics have michael not being sweet or tender with trevor after he meets amanda (or in general) because it makes sense but also i feel like the exact opposite of that is really good too. it speaks to me
like at some point amanda isn’t as susceptible to his charm and he can’t just smooth talk her back into thinking he’s The Perfect Guy™ so what else is there to do really. all he has to do is kiss trevor a certain way or speak to him with a certain amount of affection in his voice and he’s just as attached as usual. it doesn’t even matter how long they go without doing anything, could be like a quick fix every 4-6 business months. and he knows it’s kinda fucked up on all ends and maybe he’d actually feel bad about doing it if trevor didn’t look awestruck every time he did. it feeds his ego and it makes him feel #Awesome and amanda doesn’t know and trevor doesn’t seem to mind so what’s the issue? he has no clue whether any of it is actually genuinely coming from him or if it’s all just to feel better about himself. and he never really figured it out because lord knows he couldn’t self reflect long enough for that. he assumes it’s entirely the latter and definitely not a weird mixup of the two. spoiler alert
The actors strike is over, GTA 5 was announced, Shrek 5 release date leaked, Legend of Zelda movie was announced, Omegle gets shut down, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire trailer is released, First posters for The Boys S4 drop and Frank Ocean previews new music. Man, November 8th was quite the day wasn't it.