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fifty three🩵 (christmas upload)

it was requested that i make a chapter based off of this so, here i am filling the people's curiosity (:
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ethan, finn and leo had a tradition of going to each others houses and drinking at the end of the week. it started when they found themselves getting to aggravated over little things and decided they needed to unwind at the end of the week.

sometimes they'd go to bars, but most of the time it was just at one of their houses. tonight it was at ethan's house and it was also christmas weekend. none of them had family in town so they figured it would just be best to go to each other's house.

ethan made a small dinner. chicken, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, green beans ham and a few different types of slider. it was a total of 24 sliders but he did three different types for variety.

today when finn and leo arrived, ethan could tell something was up with leo. his answers were shorter and his temper seemed to be shorter too. jokes were going right over his head, if he even realized there was jokes being made. it had been about an hour when ethan finally said something.

"what's going on with you?" he asked while handing him another beer.

"nothing." he grumbled, adjusting the way he sat once again. ethan had noticed he was pretty squirmish tonight, but he ignored it.

"are you sure?" leo couldn't stand to look at ethan's eyes. he knew his cheeks would blush.

"i'm fine." he said before walking off to the kitchen. ethan decided it would be best to not drag the night along and started sifting through the gifts under the tree. they all had a good amount of gifts from each person. they'd been buying things for each other all december and they'd drop it off all wrapped up for ethan to put under the tree.

"if you want to open these now you can... but, i see that you're tired so we wanted to get the night moving." now leo felt a little bit bad. he sat back in his seat and tried to seem a little happier. as they opened different gifts his mood did indeed change. he liked the fact that they actually liked his gifts.

"open yours." finn said as him and ethan only had a few left. from ethan, so far, leo had gotten new nike socks, a pack of neutral colored beanies, cologne and three different flannels. the box he held in his hands now was too small to be clothes, to big to be cologne. and it also wasn't too heavy. he had no idea what was in this box. he grew a little nervous, though, when finn snickered softly.

finn was the one to get everyone fun gifts. his fun gifts could range from a new game for their gaming systems or to sexual things. one year he had gotten ethan handcuffs and ropes, after he had asked one too many questions on one of their drunk weekends.

"should i even open this with you guys watching?" leo asked with a soft chuckle.

"yes, open it." finn straightens up his poster while watching leo intently. he tore back the wrapping paper and, he was quite excited. in his hands he held a brand new fleshlight. now typically he'd be embarrassed but this is exactly what he needed.

"you look pretty excited about that." finn laughed.

"yeah... this gift was well needed." ethan finally realized what was wrong with leo. and he wouldn't have connected it if he didn't act like this before hooking up with a random he met on tinder.

"you know you could've said something earlier." leo scoffed.

"it's not like you guys could have done anything." the room was completely silent. that's when the tension thickened. finn wasn't sure if it was the alcohol or if he really felt how he was feeling. but he was too getting squirmish in his seat.

"i mean... i would've helped... i can't speak for finn, though." leo's cheeks blushed.

"would you even accept my help if i offered." ethan asked shyly. he always had his eyes on leo, but he never moved on it because he wasn't sure what it would do to their friendship.