“Luck is an odd thing.” He responded with a little shrug. She wasn’t wrong, though. Maybe they really were intensely unlucky… Until the moment they weren’t. “It changes, as much as anything else. One minute you’ve lost everything on a stupid bet, the next you’re suddenly you fall into something you never expected.” Love from someone who didn’t care about how awkward you were and was willing to work through the difficult times. But that was the thing. Getting that lucky card called love didn’t mean things would progress easily.

But it was worth it, Llewellyn thinks. At least here he does. If Ivy were to ask him back in his world with no memories of this place? The detective might have felt different, at least from his current point in time. The difference between happy and mostly stable and an unhappy mess was rather large. “Mm… Well, then all the better that you got in touch. You should have someone to talk to before you get to the point of ‘snapping,’ I think.” A snap of any kind generally wasn’t pretty, in his experience.

“You’re welcome, and you know you can always call if you need to talk about these things.” He added with a reassuring smile, holding up a slice of pizza. “I only charge one of these, hm?” He added in a light attempt at a joke. The pizza was never necessary, but it was a nice bonus considering how darn delicious it was. “I think it will. I have faith in you two, having gotten to know you both over time.” It just… was going to be a tricky path for them to navigate, he thinks…