@ americancandy. thanks for reading! You're always free to imagine Jack showing up on their porch drunk and bleary eyed in the middle of a downpour and Zack answers and they hug and make up and Alex makes them hot chocolates and Rian let's him borrow a hoodie and they all cuddle forever.... Or Jack gets drunk and dies and Zack blames himself and Alex cries because he wishes he'd tried harder to get him back and Rian tries to put on a brave face to hold them all together but secretly it kills him inside.
I'm reading through this and it's such a cool idea!
I feel sad about Jack and Rian letting their anger get the best of them when they beat Alex up though. Alex has been a dickhead but that wasn't cool. I feel like Rian felt more guilty/had more morals about the situation though, since he was the one to be gentle with Alex and put him to bed afterwards.
The hospital scene was intense. And the ending was painful. Happy, in a way, because I imagine Alex, Zack and Rian are all happy now. But Jack was too bitter and too stubborn.
I love a happy ending too much so I am just going to quietly imagine Jack getting that drink, drunkenly stumbling to the parents' homes of his boys, and finding out where they are to reunite with them and live happily ever after. Gooooooodbye.
wtf kind of ending is this i need a shitty cheesy "run into you at a store and spill my guts despite telling myself i won't and then kissing you all like my life depended on it" epilogue pls get on that i will make it worth ur while [/unsexy wink]
@ theedgeoftonight thanks for reading this little story! Sorry if the ending disappointed, I just wanted to stay true to the characters and I couldn't see Jack ever reconciling with Alex or being okay with Zack doing so either
".... As he gave up on the first boy he ever loved." Damn. That hit me so hard. This was so incredibly sad and not quite the ending I expected but still so well written - thank you for this little story :)