"Why?" Whispers JJ, frightened slightly by the tone of voice he had never heard Pope use before. Pope almost loses it. "Because! You.. you aren't a piece meat to be showed off, JJ. You are a kind hearted human fucking being who deserves better! How can you not see that? How can you not see that the way you are being treated is manipulative and borderline abusive. Fuck, look at your face! You have a black eye. You have hand prints on your throat! This isn't love, JJ!" Pope has been infatuated by JJ from the first day of third grade. He never thought he could feel so deeply about a person before he began to understand his feelings for the other male. The only problem? JJ was popular and Pope was far too much of an anxious wreck to even talk to him. So, he chooses to love JJ from afar. That is until JJ is paired up with Pope for a project in art and they become relatively close. Close enough for JJ to let down his walls and let Pope in. But what happens when JJ shows up at Popes house one night, soaked from the rain and a black eye? Will Pope finally admit his feelings or will JJ choose another horrible guy to date?

"She used to say that my dad and her were destined to be together, and look what happened? I couldn't bring myself to believe anymore. Then.. Then I met you, Pope.. and I realised that the universe truly had orchestrated my whole life to bring me together with someone. You." Since the day JJ learnt how to talk, his mother taught him all about myths, legends and folklore in hopes of him having a better understanding of many things from the real world. But when she leaves JJ to deal with his alcoholic, abusive father at just ten years old, JJ loses all hope. For if her and his dad were destined to be together like she said they were, like the red thread of fate legend said they were, why did she leave? And if it was all a lie, that meant JJ would never find the person who was created and destined to be with him. But then, he meets Pope. All anxiety and calm tied together in a sweet, joyful package that made JJ's heart race whenever he spoke or whenever his stunning hazel eyes would catch his. But also the one person he could not have. Just how much can JJ take of not being able to express his feelings before everything comes pouring out? This is published also on my AO3 account linked in my bio!!

JJ and Pope have always been best friends but what happens when they both develop feelings for one another but they're both too scared to admit their feelings...mostly angst and a bit of smut