#idk just speculating

i feel like…the reason roman reacts the way he does in dundee when connor mentions that logan was at one time interested in gerri is because there is a sort of gut resonance of like “well if my dad’s already been here and marked this territory (sorry for the extremely gross phrase lol), then she’s off limits”. it’s different than aspiring to be like him (like when he pursues tabitha because he thinks logan would be interested in her), because it’s trespassing against a boundary logan has set (even if it’s an invisible one), and roman knows that’s something he absolutely shouldn’t do.

but it’s also hearsay from connor, who roman can cast off as unreliable because he’s “the moron”. the past isn’t real and if this is the first roman’s hearing of it, and from connor of all people, then maybe it’s not true.

so i think later, when he’s talking with gerri one on one, there’s this subconscious decision to believe that a) nothing actually happened between his dad and gerri and b) he can propose to her as a means of making his own, unspoken claim to her (in addition to the more conscious level of it being a gesture to her of his solidarity withher)