Zalex getting together headcannons for season 3?
Ohhh, this is a good question! Thank you, anon.
I see them spending a lot of time together over the summer. Like, most of their time. Alex doesn’t want to hang out at Clay’s because Justin is there, he’s not speaking with Jessica, Tyler is unlikely to be around no matter how his storyline goes. He doesn’t have a lot of friends left, but he’s got Zach. And Zach also recently lost a lot of friends. He’s got Alex and Justin and that’s about it, I think. He could become friends with Clay but it’s going to take some time.
So Alex and Zach play videogames, go to the swimming pool, go for ice cream, and just hang out. And then, one day, Alex realizes that fuck, he’s got a crush on Zach. His best friend, Zach. His straight friend Zach.
So sometimes he spends all his time with him because he’ll take what he can get, and if friendship is what Zach can give him, then he’ll take friendship and pretend not to want anything different. But then sometimes it hurts too much and then he pushes him away and makes excuses not to see him.
And Zach, because he’s Zach and he’s an amazing human being, notices that something isn’t right. That Alex freezes when they hug, that he flinches when he touches him, that sometimes he wants to stay out with him all night and other times he’s unavailable for days. And Zach worries: that something is wrong, that Alex isn’t feeling well, that he’s missing something and Alex is going to die on him, that he’s doing something wrong.
Zach keeps asking Alex what’s going on and if he’s okay and does he know he can talk to him about anything? And Alex tells him that nothing’s going on, that he’s alright, that he should stop worrying and for fuck’s sake he sounds like his mother, that he knows he can talk to him but there’s nothing to talk about.
Then, one day, they fight. Zach pushes for answers, Alex gets defensive which means he gets sarcastic and then angry. Alex says something mean just to get Zach to leave because the alternative - telling him the truth - sounds so much worse. Zach doesn’t leave because he promised himself he was never going to leave Alex alone when he’s upset. So they fight. Alex stops being careful about what he says and screams at Zach, “I I have a fucking crush on you, okay?”
Alex is done pretending so he gets it all out. He tells Zach he likes him and that’s why it’s hard to be around him and why he acts weird sometimes. He tells him he knows Zach only likes girls and only wants to be friends and that’s okay, it’s nobody’s fault. He’s not screaming anymore, he’s talking quietly and not looking at Zach in the eye.
Zach is taken aback because he’s gone through a lot of scenarios in his head, one worse than the other, but none of them involved Alex confessing to him. But he’s super-sweet and tells Alex that he gets it now, and he just wishes he’d told him sooner, and can he do something to make things easier, and come here I’m gonna hug you now, is that okay?
They keep hanging out. There’s some weirdness but they get past it. It gets comfortable again. They even joke about it. It’s all good. Alex knows he’ll get over it eventually. Zach tries to be mindful of Alex’s feelings but also doesn’t think about it too much because, for some reason, it makes him uncomfortable. He’s not uncomfortable with a guy liking him, he’s uncomfortable with the fact that it actually feels pretty good and he doesn’t know what it means and he’s probably just flattered right because he’s straight right?
One night, it’s late and they’re sitting close together playing videogames. Alex cheats, Zach tries to get the controller away from him, they get even closer… Alex’s lips are right there and fuck he wants to kiss Alex. He pulls back, he says it’s late and leaves quickly.
He can’t stop thinking about it now. About Alex. He can’t focus on anything else. It’s like a mental block came down and now all his feelings are coming to the surface and refuse to leave him alone. They don’t see each other for a couple of days but Alex is still constantly on his mind. He wonders what he’s doing and how he’s doing. They text each other and he gets a rush of happiness every time Alex’s name pops up on his phone.
He goes to Alex’s house to talk to him. He tells him he can’t stop thinking about him and then leans in to kiss him. Alex pushes him away and tells him he’s a jerk and not to fucking play with his feelings, it’s not funny and fuck you, Zach, okay? Zach smiles and tells him to calm down and that they need to work on his aggression, which makes Alex even angrier. Zach starts fumbling for words. He’s nervous. Finally, he manges to say, “I’m trying to say I like you, too, Alex.” Alex looks at him, serious: “Are you fucking with me?” Zach says that no, he’s not, and he would never do that.
They kiss. It’s awkward, but it’s also good. They kiss again: it’s less awkward, it feels even better than before, and it gets more intense. They come up for air, then kiss again. Hands come into play, some clothes come off. They keep checking with the other that what they’re doing is okay.
And then they start going on dates and… live happily ever after? ;)
Yeah, I think that’s how I would write it.
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