Even Now

Chapter 52: Change

Hey guys!!! How're you all doing? :)

Sorry this update was a day late, I just thought it'd be weird to post on Kurt's birthday 😅 idk why but I just did :')

Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! And the next one... well, I know most of you have been waiting for its *subject matter*
Hehehe... you know where this is going.
Sadly, only *fluff* in this chapter (though we all still do love the fluff 😉)

On to the story...

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Divorce.

One of the most stressful things a human being can go through.

Layne's parents had gone through it; Jerry's parents had gone through it; hell, even Demri's parents had gone through it.

Maybe it was just the way of the world that Layne would eventually go through a divorce of his own.

But he'd never imagined it'd be Demri he was divorcing- especially after only one year of marriage.

His entire life, he thought he'd meet a girl, settle down, have lots of kids- and be rich and famous, of course.
So far, he'd accomplished two of those things. Well, one and a half.
He had nowhere near settled down- most of his marriage to Demri, they'd been on the move.
And they'd tried the whole 'kids' thing, even if it hadn't been planned. They always thought things would end up working in their favour, but... things just didn't turn out that way.

Now he was in a 'brand new' relationship - with a man, no less - which meant he couldn't have been farther from his previous aspirations.

Honestly though, he couldn't be happier.

Setting in motion the proceedings of his divorce was honestly one of the best decisions he'd ever made. Even marrying Demri in the first place- it was one of the best things he'd ever done.

Everything he did, everything that happened to him... it had all led him to Jerry.
Everything.
Even if he had the chance to go back in time, he wouldn't change a damn thing. Because no matter what, it seemed that the world had always been rooting for them to get here.

And here they were.

Layne couldn't believe how lucky he was to have fallen in love with his best friend. How many people could really say that and mean it?

What he now had with Jerry was ten times more beautiful than what he'd ever had with Demri- nay, glimpsed with Demri.

He loved Jerry so much... he wanted to be with him all the time.

Layne knew he and Jerry would get to have some sort of 'honeymoon' phase as Demri focused on her operation. Because after her recovery... well, let's just say that everything around them would become a hellish landscape: Demri would turn into a soul-sucking monster, and Layne would have to devote most of his energy to fighting her off.

But that was months away.

For now, he could focus on more important things...

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August 4, 1994: Seattle, WA, USA

It had been nearly a week since the whole 'appointment' insanity.

Layne and Jerry had just been hanging out with each other; basically, keeping up with the status quo.

And, of course, the added bonus was all the sex they'd been having.
It was pretty much an everyday (or, at least, an every-other-day) thing, ever since Layne had initiated it after that months-long dry spell.