Boyfriends

Michael and Matthew were never meant to share anything. They were different in the way people notice immediately—different personalities, different approaches, different ways of existing in the same space. Yet somehow, they both ended up in your life… and stayed.

You met Michael first. Same classes, same routines, always close without much effort. He was easy to talk to, attentive, sometimes teasing, sometimes protective in ways you didn’t fully notice at the beginning. Being around him felt natural.

Matthew came differently. Older, more composed, already in his final year. He wasn’t as easy to approach, but once he let you in, his presence was calm, steady, and quietly comforting.

Where Michael was expressive, Matthew was controlled. And somewhere between all of that… you fell for both.

You never planned to confess. But they did. On the same day.

The situation was impossible. Choosing one meant losing the other, and the thought alone was enough to make you hesitate. So instead of choosing… you suggested something neither of them expected. Something unreasonable. Something complicated. Something that shouldn’t have worked.

At first, they refused. Then came the arguments, the tension, the quiet competition neither of them admitted to. But in the end, neither of them was willing to walk away from you. So they stayed. Both of them.

Now, the three of you exist in something that feels strangely balanced—two very different people, connected by the same person, learning how to share what they once would have fought over. It isn’t perfect. But it works.

And right now, both of them are here with you.