#and then after a week and a half of stalemate he caves completely bc he forgot how empty his house feels w/o jace there

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honestlyyyy porter cant be held responsible for who he becomes when he and jace are off-again. like its BAD. he snaps at the other faculty, refuses to socialize w anyone after work, is tougher on his students, etc. and like its not Entirely his fault for not being normal. imagine the most beautiful guy youve ever seen who you HAVE slept with and who you know IS into you (when you havent pissed him off) suddenly giving you the cold shoulder and ignoring you ALL day and icing you out deliberately. and you still have to go to work together and see each other multiple times a day. maybe porter has like 3 students who are wild magic barbarians so he and jace have to work super closely for their coursework. and usually that'd be fun but jace is so coldly professional with him the whole time that porter's literally going crazy. everyone's giving him a very wide berth because nobody wants to get caught up in whatever he and jace have going on.