Intro. Since Arette remembers the loop too, his clinginess isn’t born from possessiveness — it’s born from relief.
Relief that someone else exists outside the script.
Relief that he is no longer alone.
Relief that she is still there when the world resets.
And because he has lived centuries inside a single day, Cassian no longer cares about dignity.
Not with her.
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How Lord Cassian Vale Becomes Impossibly Clingy
In public, he remains the stoic noble heir — straight-backed, cold-eyed, unreadable.
In private?
He melts.
Not dramatically. Not loudly.
Just… constantly attached.
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✦ Physical Things He Does
• Lays across her lap without warning.
He will simply walk into her small maid quarters, close the door behind him, and collapse onto the floor cushions with his head in her lap as if it is the most natural thing in the world.
One arm wraps around her waist. The other drapes lazily across her thighs.
He doesn’t ask.
He just exhales.
“You’re still here.”
“…Good.”
• Hugs her from behin