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2026-08-20 19:46:23
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A Love Mess: Who loves who? A messy discovery
The idea had come to Arlen three days almost on impulse, in that strange lull after the fight with Max, when he still hadn't fully processed everything that had been said but needed, desperately, to feel like something in his life was still good, still simple, still under his control. Justin had apologized for defending Cade and they had made up. He and Justin had been through so much lately; the fight with his dad, the tension with Cade, all of it pressing down until it felt like the relationship itself was buckling under the weight of everything around it. So Arlen decided to do something about it. Something small, but real.Justin's apartment was finally okay for him to move back in. The timing is just perfect for the deadline given by Cade. Arlen was happy, though some stubbornness remained at the fact that Cade would get what he wanted. But he decided to only focus on Justin. So Arlen was on his way to the apartment to set up a surprise for his boyfriend. He'd remembered Justin
A Love Mess: Who loves who? The fight- 2
By the time Max arrived, Arlen had already taken two shots of whiskey. Arlen had sent him a text an hour earlier; "just need to talk, you free?", and Max had shown up without asking questions, the way he always did. "Okay," Max said, once he sat down. "You look like you haven't slept. What happened?"Arlen exhaled, rubbing both hands over his face before launching into it—the fight with Cade, the accusation about his father finding out, Justin coming downstairs and taking Cade's side so immediately it had felt like a slap. By the time he finished, his voice had gone rough with the retelling, frustration seeping fresh into every word.He expected Max to be outraged on his behalf. Expected the easy solidarity that had defined their friendship for years—Max always in his corner, always ready to validate whatever Arlen was feeling in the moment. Instead, Max just sat there for a long moment after Arlen finished, expression thoughtful in a way that made something uneasy prickle at the bac
A Love Mess: Who loves who? The fight- 1
Arlen went to Cade's room a few minutes after the man was back from work. Arlen was ready to question Cade about the pictures his dad got because, to Arlen, Cade was the only one who had a motive to do something like that.He knocked but didn't go in, waiting for Cade to open it himself.Cade opened, tie and blazer taken off minutes ago. He was surprised to see Arlen, more relieved, because he thought Justin was at it again."We need to talk," Arlen said, folding his arms.Cade immediately caught the tension in Arlen's voice, wondering what scene Arlen was about to cause now, "About?""My dad.""What about him?""He knows I'm dating Justin. Somehow he got pictures of Justin and I went to him." Arlen watched Cade's face carefully, searching for something— guilt, maybe, or the flicker of a lie. "And I keep thinking about who could've told him. Who would've had the pleasure."Cade narrowed his eyes, something wary creeping into his expression. "Are you asking me if I sent the pictures to
A Love Mess: Who loves who? Resolve
The house was quiet when Arlen got home, the kind of quiet that pressed in after a day like the one he'd had. He found Justin in the kitchen, leaning against the counter scrolling through his phone, and the sight of him loosened something in Arlen's chest that had been tight since he'd left his father's study."Hey," Justin said, glancing up. "You look wrecked. Is everything okay?""Not really." Arlen dropped his keys on the counter and rubbed a hand over his face. "I had it out with my dad today."Justin's expression shifted into concern, brows were drawn together, phone forgotten on the counter. "About what?""About us." Arlen exhaled, leaning back against the fridge. "He found out. About us dating."How?" "Someone sent him pictures of us. He wasn't exactly thrilled." Arlen said, thinking of how his dad got a hold of the pictures. And only one answer could come to his mind.Something flickered behind Justin's eyes, too quick for Arlen to catch, gone before it could register as anyt
A Love Mess: Who loves who? Pictures
The call came in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon, and Arlen almost didn't pick it up but something in the way his father rarely called just to talk, and the timing, right in the middle of the lunch rush, was inconvenient enough that he nearly let it go to voicemail. Something made him answer anyway."We need to talk," his father said, without so much as a hello. "Now. My office.""I'm at work, Dad.""This can't wait."Something in his father's voice; flat, controlled in the particular way that meant he was furious and working hard not to show it, made Arlen's stomach drop before he even knew what this was about. He told Max he something came up and left without explanation, the drive across the city feeling longer than it should have, dread building with every red light.His father was waiting in his office when Arlen arrived, standing rather than sitting, arms crossed, and Arlen knew before a single word was spoken that this wasn't going to be a conversation so much as a verdict al
A Love Mess: Who loves who? Stages of regret
The rain had stopped sometime after midnight, but Justin was still awake, sitting on the edge of his bed in the room that was his, staring at a ceiling that was his, because nothing ever truly happened to his apartment. He sat there replaying a conversation that had ended hours ago and refused to let him sleep.'Nick told me Cade has feelings for Justin, long before Justin asked me out.'The words kept circling, refusing to settle into something he could believe. He'd overheard it from Arlen and Max's conversation hours ago through the thin café office door. He hadn't meant to eavesdrop, had only stopped by and instead had stood frozen in the hallway listening to his own life get rearranged in real time. 'Cade has feelings for Justin.' Said so plainly, so certainly, like it was something everyone had known except him.He'd told himself it wasn't true. Had spent the drive home constructing arguments against it, cataloguing all the reasons it couldn't be true. Cade had never said anyth
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