Cassius : Relationships

Cassius admires Adrien's ambitiousness and determination. While Adrien received most of their mother's attention, Cassius has no ill will towards his sister, understanding that their circumstances are different. He is acutely aware of how manipulative and abusive Adrien can be at times, wishing she would seek therapy, but also rationalizes that it stems from her upbringing and sometimes is too excusing of her actions. He feels guilty about not being much of any help to her health as her savior sibling, and ultimately wishes they were closer.

Adrien always wanted to protect Cassius from their mother's narcissism, but had to move away from their family home to protect her own sanity. She's happy that Cassius has become his own person and didn't let their mother influence his sense of self and walk all over him. She supports him whenever she can but tries to keep her distance to prevent herself from inadvertently hurting him the way she hurts others.

The two met after Randall was hired at a record shop that Cassius was already employed at. They had a rocky start as coworkers, but Cassius was always nice to Randall despite Randall's nasty attitude. The more they worked together, the more Randall and Cassius developed a fondness for each other, which lead to them dating. But Randall had a lot of personal issues ranging from internalized homophobia and trauma within his past relationships that made him volatile and closed off to others. Cassius tried to help Randall as much as he could, but eventually broke up with Randall, realizing that their relationship was unhealthy. A few years down the road, the two of them bump into each other and Randall, who has made a complete 180, wants to rekindle their relationship.

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The two met through Adrien. They are very cordial with one another, and from what Cassius has seen, he initially thinks Angel is a good match for Adrien; that his patience with her is commendable. During Adrien and Angel's multiple breakups, Cassius tries to be mediator, but eventually realizes that their dynamic may be somewhat unhealthy. Cassius feels increasingly bad for Angel as their relationship progresses, but doesn't want to overstep his boundaries to advise Angel to leave and put himself first when there's a possibility that Adrien couldn't handle Angel abandoning her.

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Cassius knows Dominique as one of his sister's exes. He's only met her a hand full of times, but thought she was respectable and mature. He doesn't know much about the type of relationship Dominique and Adried had, but from what he does know about Dominique's sharp intuition, he's not surprised the two of them didn't last long. When Adrien died, Cassius deeply appreciated Dominique checking in with him and offering to help with any arrangements.

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