First base is violence second base is convoluted codependence third base is applying pressure to the vulnerable parts of their body to keep their entrails from spilling out
because LIFE is uncomfortable. Death and suicide and sex and pain are straight up going to happen. not having words for the way it discomforts you doesn't make it more comfortable, it just makes you less able to reach out about it.
even more vital, you gotta be able to say words like "rape", "abuse", "queer" or "racist". cause we fought fucking hard to name those experiences. to identify "rape" as distinct from "sex" and "racism" as distinct from "acceptable behaviour" and "queer" as distinct from "invert"
like the function of communication is not to minimise immediate discomfort. we gotta be able to talk about stuff that's hard or sucks or causes difficult conversations.
I think the better version of the Roy and Jamie fight should have been cut like canon except when they stand in front of Keeley's door all bedragled she should be like "you gonna tell me what happened? You fight over me?"
To which Roy says no
And Jamie gingerly touches his nose and says "ah, no. But he did come at me like Heath Ledger in that cowboy movie."
Keeley's going ?????? but invites them in. They all get around the table and sit down with frozen peas etc.
And Roy is sighing. Says "what Jamie is trying to say is we've been talking--"
"and doing better things with our mouths..."
"and we realized that while we... Both still have... strong feelings for you... We also have feelings for each other."
Jamie grins behind the peas. "Romantic, like."
Roy grumbles etc but doesn't deny that. So Jamie continues "so we thought, maybe, since we like each other, and we love you, and you have, in the past, liked both of us individually, maybe... Ah. Maybe you'd like us together?"
"the... Three of us?"
"yeah"
"yes"
"oh." And Keeley is sort of stunned because it still absolutely looks like they got in a fist fight and being propositioned a throuple wasn't something she was expecting. "But then... Jamie why is your nose bleeding and Roy's shirt ripped."
"he's clumsy" says Roy.
"Told you, kissed me like Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, nearly broke my nose. Then I lost my balance, grabbed his shirt, and fell into a trash bin and got all icky."
"sorry about that"
"don't be"
And Keeley finally goes "okay! Well, since you didn't beat each other up like I thought you might've, how about you both get cleaned up and we can... Talk more?"
Which leads to all of them smiling or grinning in some way (because lbr hurt nose or not Jamie would be grinning like mad) and all hustling upstairs, which is where the scene ends.