Firstly, can I just say how much I'm enjoying their interactions so far??? Secondly, this is indeed gonna get rambly.
I'm down for these two having originally met at any point along the way. I know her grandparents would have set up playdates for her with good purist children, so perhaps something along the lines of that with Edgar + Amelia and Dorcas? If not that directly, there's also just chance interactions at society shindigs throughout the years. I know for a fact that Dorcas spent most of her time at them trying to figure out exactly where to tap on the ice sculptures to bring them down, or there's also the time she tried to make a grappling hook at a garden party to scale the wall out of there (hint: it didn't work).
Feel free to tell me to pump the breaks, but I get the feeling that Edgar is one of the only people she'll actually talk to about gross stuff like emotions. Rarely, and usually involving alcohol or lots of stress, but still. My original plan was to have her be a sourpuss through & through, but I'm really digging that he brings out this goofy ass side to her. I AM TOTALLY DOWN TO SAY THIS HAPPENED THROUGH A LONG-TERM FRIENDSHIP IF YOU ARE.
Which also makes me think, if this is the route we're going? It could kinda work into what was mentioned with them having hooked up before. As far as, it never happened before because that was never the angle between them at all. But then, hey, they ended up on a mission together that failed spectacularly, so why not commiserate together by drinking & being miserable & falling into laps! What could be more fun than logging that morning after, lol?
I think that covers the majority of my rambling. Give me your thoughts! I'm not married to any of this, but I'm super great at filling in plot spaces that haven't been laid out yet, aha.