#before he speaks. also tho pete forgives but does not forget so idk idk idk. i dont mind jimmy/pete but i think jimmy and zoe work a lot be

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What kind of S/O do you think Petey would have/need?

OH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ASK????? i totally don't talk nearly enough about pete for how much i love him

okay first of all we need to make a distinction between what he might think he wants and what he really needs.

see, thing is, pete is extremely intelligent, psychologically and emotionally. he's terribly good at penetrating into other people's both thought and emotional processes. therefore, the people who attract him are challenging people in this way- but also, people who are confident and step up despite all the odds.

he totally had a crush for gary, once. because he's as intelligent as gary (except that gary isn't emotionally intelligent; he has a lot of trouble understanding emotional processes, despite how good he is at intercepting and manipulating people's thought processes), but gary has the initiative and isn't afraid to use it againts other people. they were a good duo, in this sense, because pete had the exact emotional blindspot that gary was missing - at least, they would've been good if gary didn't bully him mercilessly. mostly he knew he could afford it because. pete didn't have anyone else.

and then jimmy came; i think jimmy being kind of, uh. (EDIT) emotionally dumb. was kind of a turn off, but he was totally thoughtless, whereas pete would have a hundred worries jimmy would have zero. he probably did crush on him a bit but. as i anticipated, he's not really challenging to understand. also i think, like gary, jimmy is a bit... gratuitously mean? like, it's not like pete is an angel, but mostly he bites harder when he's bitten first.

the thing is that the s/o i think pete would need is someone who is as emotionally intelligent like him, someone who hasn't a hard time understanding that. maybe you should avoid saying certain things to certain people. like to use previous examples; yes, jimmy says mean things to pete out of the blue, but he does do this with everyone. meanwhile, with pete you kind of need to understand that some things just. hurt him and you should avoid saying them.

like yes to answer your question i think emotional intelligent is the quick fundamental requisite. and also someone patient, bc i totally think (even tho this might be me projecting LMAO) that from time to time he has a hard time accepting that. maybe someone does love him for real and is not just pushing him around. but the idea is so ingrained in his brain that he'd need quite some work to get rid of it, you might say.