Coby & Alex [REWRITTEN] | OC

Prologue & Playlist

Heyo readers!

Please be advised this story features:
• Swearing/coarse language
• Homophobia, slurs
• Mentions of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, sexual assault, stalking, bullying and harassment
• Alcohol and drug use
• Sexual references, smut

Trigger warnings will be marked throughout the story.

•••• *PROLOGUE* ••••

There's a moment when everything changes.

Sometimes, it happens so fast you don't see it coming—the kind of shift that sneaks up on you, disguised as a casual conversation, a lingering look, or an unexpected connection. Other times, it's a storm—loud and impossible to ignore, uprooting everything in its path.

For Alex, it was both.

He remembers that first party, the overwhelming noise, the crowd that swallowed him whole, and the unexpected hand that pulled him to safety. Coby. That was the moment everything changed, even if neither of them fully understood it at the time. The friendship that followed—fragile, unpredictable, and real—became the rope that held them together as they faced the chaos of the world around them.

But life doesn't always play out in the way you expect. There were secrets. So many secrets. Coby's act of control, Alex's battle with himself—both hiding from the truth, both running in different directions. But no matter how far they tried to go, they were always drawn back to each other.

Through crowded parties, hidden confessions, stolen glances, and moments of silence under the stars, their connection deepened. And with it came the tension, the uncertainty of what they meant to each other.

Now, looking back, Alex wonders if there was ever a time when they weren't heading for this moment. The sound of sirens. The panic in Coby's voice. The rush of everything unraveling at once. It feels like it's always been leading here, to this point where nothing can be undone.

There's a fear that grips him, cold and relentless, as the world spins out of control. He should have seen it. He should have known how fragile everything really was. But maybe that's the thing about love—it blinds you, even to your own fate.

And now, as the quiet descends, as memories flood in like waves crashing against the shore, Alex understands one thing with piercing clarity.

Everything can change in a heartbeat.

•••• *PLAYLIST* ••••
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[Coming Soon]

Chapter 1: Reality by Lost Frequencies & Janieck Devy, It's My Life by Bon Jovi
Chapter 2: Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, Get This Party Started by P!nk, Enchanted by Taylor Swift, Bad Reputation by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Chapter 3: End Of Beginning by Djo, Secrets by P!nk, We're Going To Be Friends by The White Stripes
Chapter 4: I Think I'm In Love by Kat Dahlia, This Kiss by Faith Hill, I Want To Break Free by Queen
Chapter 5: Complicated by Avril Lavigne, Little Dark Age by MGMT
Chapter 6: Murder In My Mind by Kordhell, Motion by Luke Hemmings, The Final Countdown by Europe, It's Not Over Yet by King & Country, Fading Like a Flower by Roxette, Adventure of a Lifetime by Coldplay, Stargazing by Myles Smith
Chapter 7: Chateau by Angus & Julia Stone, I Can Do It With A Broken Heart by Taylor Swift, How to Love by JEN Z, Free by Pete Murray, Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay, Disappear by INXS
Chapter 8: Scott Street by Phoebe Bridgers, Renegades by X Ambassadors, Those Eyes by New West, Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo, Jealousy, Jealousy by Olivia Rodrigo, Holding on to Heartache by Louis Tomlinson, Delicate by Taylor Swift
Chapter 9: Best Day Of My Life by American Authors, Missing Piece by Vance Joy, Youngblood by 5 Seconds of Summer, Lanterns by Birds of Tokyo, Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine, New Light by John Mayer, Mad About You by Belinda Carlisle, Bring Out The Love by Imprismed, Would You Be So Kind by Dodie

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[The playlist will be updated every time a new chapter is published]