Give love a try. [Chyan]

"Chad Danforth and Ryan Evans, never in his life had Chad thought he'd be standing here, in the middle of the empty basketball court, crying into the chest of Ryan Evans, it felt as if everything was crashing down around him, as if he had everything ripped out of his arms and he was left, with his heart bleeding out in the middle of the court, ruining Ryan's shirt with his tears."

After suffering a tragedy a lot changed for Chad Danforth, he and Taylor broke up, his family moved and everything felt different. Strange, until he started to see Ryan, really see him, noticing everything the other boy did, he felt everything shift with Ryan becoming the centre of his fixation. With the help of Zeke he will come through his silent sexual panic while building a friendship.

All within a span of a few months Chad goes from just being friends with to dating Ryan, while trying to navigate finding who he is without Troy. Ryan on the other starts to realise that Sharpay puts him down to keep herself up, he starts to realise that he has more to offer than just being, "Sharpay's twin brother" and decides that maybe doing a show of his own, with Chad right by his side is something he wants to do. Something he will do. Together Ryan and Chad become stronger through realising their worth and what they have to offer, no longer allowing others to put them down.

Author: @black.crystal.ball on Instagram
@pengblackgirlorjustlexi on Tumblr
Cover art credit: @red_gynoid on Instagram
Editor: @silver_lining__ on wattpad
@a_k_h_i_r_a on Instagram
Credit to @tothetrashwhereibelong on Tumblr for an amazing character analysis of Ryan and Chad that helped with quite a few of these chapters.