perihelios

“Why would Alex cheat on Aron when Aron was perfect?” - oh Carter, buddy, you’ve got it bad. Poor guy can’t see his emotions blinking right in front of his face. I always forget how adorable Carter is when re-reading this, he’s a treasure.

Wow, I feel like everyone here is just beating up on Nash and Penn for poor communication in different ways! Penn clearly is obsessed with Nash and thinks he’s out of his league. Maybe y’all have never been in this spot, but it makes being in a relationship terrifying. He’s also a guy that cares deeply about his friends and family and won’t just break their trust for a new boy toy. Nash is traumatized from Lee’s cheating and doesn’t even give the space for Penn to explain. He just leaves and walks out, after promising Penn he wouldn’t. In real life, I think you could solve this with a quick text, but because this is a story (and humans are flawed), I think it works to have them both be dead set on being miserable in their own way. The tension is fun and I’m excited to see the resolution.