What we've always been.
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Once, Corey understood his feelings for Alec, he had none beyond friendship. But lately things have changedand bew feelings have emerged, feelings he can't begin to understand. And when Alec starts dating Charlie, the idiot, the already confusing feelings he has only get worse.
Meanwhile Alec is trying to figure out who he is beyond the person everyone expects him to be and who he can count on. But when his best friend Corey starts becoming distant the questions Alec is asking about himself are too scary to face alone.
What happens when new romantic feelings start to threaten their friendship and all the familiarity of it. Should they risk changing their dynamic in hope for something more or should they just stick to what they've always been.
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