okay but imagine how charlie gardner feels
lbr he’s probably likes riley for a really long time and just image little charlie being devastated when he first sees riley and lucas together
he waited patiently and respectfully out of the picture for riley to be 100% available at semi-formal
in that time he elaborately planned out an amazingly sweet prom-posal
that got immediately accepted and then immediately rejected
he wasn’t upset. he still understood that he got the situation ‘wrong’
he stepped back without a fuss even though it was uber obvious that riley was making shit up
he went so far as to try and explain himself to LUCAS because he thought he owed him that
then enter texas where charlie finally gets another chance, this time with a fully (what he believes to be) free and unattached riley matthews
who once again accepts his advances
who then proceeds to create absurd rules for their date
who then proceeds to ignore him during the ‘topangas’ scene
enter fucking lucas friar who charlie probably by now sees as the taker of his happiness, loudly annoucing that he and riley are not brother and sister (and have some potential left ew)
and hes pissed for a second but he calms down immediately because hey, riley matthews is right there in front of him and going out with HIM NOW
and even though im sure charlie knows riley’s putting up one hell of a facade, he puts on a brave face and tries to enjoy whats left of the night
charlie gardner is amazing and deserves to be so much more than just a plot device for fucking rucas
