Declan should have led with that invitation. Piety, although present in all of them to varying degrees, was never the reason any of the Lynch brothers went to church.
It catches up to Ronan slowly, that what Declan thought he was rejecting was him. Which is a mark of Ronan's growth, because back home it would have escaped him entirely. His eyebrows draw together as he considers his older brother. He should say something more, but with Declan, he never seems to know what. So he just gives his brother's arm an affectionate and hopefully reassuring slap.
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Declan should have led with that invitation. Piety, although present in all of them to varying degrees, was never the reason any of the Lynch brothers went to church.
It catches up to Ronan slowly, that what Declan thought he was rejecting was him. Which is a mark of Ronan's growth, because back home it would have escaped him entirely. His eyebrows draw together as he considers his older brother. He should say something more, but with Declan, he never seems to know what. So he just gives his brother's arm an affectionate and hopefully reassuring slap.