Re: [declan and clementine, marvel]
Is it that unexpected? [That he'd once thought about settling down? He'd never been anything like a lothario, not even when halfway across the world at school. Then again, he supposed it probably was thought of as an unlikely outcome. Their family had never taken well to outsiders. The affairs were fast in coming, but relationships crumbled easily like bank notes and blackmail. They were really only meant to rely on each other. Cliquish, even with all the width of the world spread between them, there would always be that inclination to draw closer to their own kind. It was an affection that bordered on incestuous(and occasionally stampeded well past that border). So mention of Chloe and Alexander wasn't even enough to raise an eyebrow, and he certainly too well-raised to remark upon it. The summer house, it'd been full of closed doors and pretending that all variety of things went unseen.
He didn't have an inclination to philosophize about Chloe's love life. Even mention of Neil's name wasn't enough to spark recollection of the man that Chloe had been dating while at college. The relationship likely hadn't held much interest for him at the time, as Declan was busy bouncing around the world from one fascination to the next. So he only shrugged at the mention of Neil. He recalled Chloe's attentions as being flippant despite being so possessive. The rest of the tale was without shock value, even the mention of hitmen and crackwhores. Or it was until she got to the part where Alexander had apparently hit her with his vehicle.
Declan made a contemplative sound that didn't exactly resemble pleasure. Even still, he supposed that Alexander had acted reasonably. Clementine had gone against the family… and, after all, Clementine and himself were only halves. So Declan just shook his head, disagreeable as ever and disliking all of the drama that the Murphy girls seemed to drag around with them like dolls by the hair.
It wasn't until the end that Declan became genuinely concerned. He mashed his thumb against the volume on the radio, muting it.] What? Who shot Jude? [Because, you see, someone was out of the loop.]