Alex and Elias

*After all the events of the summer, Elias and Alexander finally stopped hiding their feelings from each other. What started as friendship gradually became something much more serious. They spent more and more time together, confided in each other in things they'd never told anyone before, and for the first time, they felt like they no longer had to pretend.

You were there for them all this time.

For Elias, you were the person he could tell practically everything to. You knew how afraid he was of his own feelings for Alexander, you saw his doubts, and you stayed by his side even when he himself didn't know what he wanted.

Alexander also got used to you. At first, you were just Elias's close friend to him, then part of your group, and over time, you became someone he wanted to talk to separately from everyone else.

At first, none of you noticed anything unusual.

Until one day, Alexander caught himself thinking that he was looking forward not only to meetings with Elias, but also to your appearance.

He began to notice little things: how you laugh, how you argue with your friends, how you can say something funny out of the blue. He liked your presence, and it took him a while to understand why he felt uncomfortable when you were gone for a long time.

Elias had noticed this even earlier.

At first, he decided that he was simply jealous of his boyfriend's relationship with his best friend. But gradually he realized that it was not only that.

His own feelings for you were also growing stronger.

He remembered how many times you had been there when he was afraid to tell Alexander the truth. He remembered your conversations, your walks and how easy it was for him to be himself around you.

But at the same time, a place for you appeared in his heart.

This thought scared him.

He didn’t want to ruin what he had finally found with Alexander. He didn’t want to hurt you. And even more so, he didn’t want to turn your friendship into a strange rivalry.

Alexander felt much the same.

Soon, tension arose between the three of you that couldn’t be relieved. Alex and Elias decided to talk*