Kleinsen oneshot, 14k
"This-" Jared points between them, still looking through his bag, "we are not doing this. Please, Evan. We're catching up, like old high school friends, you know, on sitcoms. Where do you live? Are you still fucking that girl? Daaaamn, you have the wrong taste in grocery stores."
"Jared," Evan's saying, "Jared!"
"It's kind of funny, because we're picking up again, but we're also starting over," Jared's saying, still in this weird, false-earnest, mocking-a-sitcom voice.
"We weren't even friends in high school."
Jared and Evan run into each other after seven years of silence since the Connor Incident. They become... *checks notes* friends? They become friends.
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Evan has always had some trouble making friends. He will admit that. His school was extremely transphobic, homophobic, you name it. But there are those few accepting people who may care.
Jared knew he was kind of a weirdo. Okay a huge weirdo. He really just wanted some real friends. Is that too much to ask? His only real friend didn't even think he actually cared.
Connor just wanted the pain to stop. That's all. He could numb it all he wanted but it never went away. He hated his parents. His sister was barely tolerable. But he just wanted to die.
Evan and Jared have been friends for a while now. But they are just "family friends" although they both want more. They meet Connor and feelings erupt from the three. Connor and Jared support Evan in his troubles. Evan and Jared help Connor to better his mental state. And Evan and Connor give Jared much needed love.
Everything goes smoothly until Evan starts getting sick. Really sick. The stress that his anxiety put on him may have been too much. No one knew what caused it, but just like words, his heart was failing.
Will Evan be okay? Will this affect their relationship? Jared and Connor worry too much for their own good but they can't help it. Who can?