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As his arch nemesis, Ritter enjoyed playing cat and mouse and utterly blocking Chimmney from gaining control over G's ship. Ritter was the first line in defense, and he did it very well. He also did it while sending Chimmney memes and bad YouTube videos. Despite Ritter's playfulness, he was always prepared to be ruthless and dangerous and let Chimmney be the only one to see his exhausted, impatient side more than once.
With things said and done, Ritter is left alone with his battered ego and all the bridges he burned along the way. With the newly declawed Tom dumped on his front door, Ritter is tempted to take out his frustration on him. But he resists. Tom has been a victim the entire time, and Ritter was no more a hero than he was. He didn't have the right.
They heal together, precariously. Tom is the only one that Ritter is able to make amends with. And like..........it gets gay
While putting on a theatrical, showy rivalry with Ritter, Chimmney is in truth /enraged/ at him, writhing in the unfairness that Ritter gets to be the hero, the one everyone trusts and likes when Chimmney knows full well the truth about who he is. He is childishly jealous of him, and is determined to undermine Ritter and destroy the ship when it becomes necessary.
When what Chimmney was waiting for finally happens, he finds himself incredibly guilty and empty in the aftermath. Nowhere else to go, Samantha ushers him to Ritter's doorstep. He is devastatingly depressed and guilty and can't look Ritter in the eye, expecting all the hurt that he knows he deserves. In the end, Tom becomes attached, understanding that they have no one else but each other. He can no longer be a coward and instead chooses to heal and make amends. Also it's gay