This is going to be my last bmw/gmw content for a while because I'm not really into this fandom anymore :/ I just didn't want to abandon this with only on chap left. Also yes Jack and Shawn are the Hunter-Turner's now fight me Shawn should've never gone back to Chet.
A/N: This was almost 2k words, damn, also this takes place a few months after the last chap. so it's been a while.
Tw: Smoking mentions, cursing, panic attacks
“So Hunter-Turner,” Eric asked, handing Jack a soda, “How’s it feel to be done with high school?”
Jack laughed, Eric was always known for his dramatics, “So fucking good, never thought I’d do it.” He admitted, causing Eric to chuckle. “It’s a miracle I passed.”
“Ain’t that the truth,” Eric said, raising his soda, “A toast to barely passing high school.” Jack raised his drink as well. Eric took a sip, before laying back down on the roof. “So where are you planning on going to college?”
Jack shrugged, “Haven’t really thought of it much considering how much shit has gone down this year, there was no time to ya know.” Eric nodded, and Jack turned the question over to him, “How about you, you gonna leave me in September or not?” After everything with his dad, and Turner, school had just kinda slipped his mind, and he never got around to actually applying to college.
“Na,” Eric shook his head, “Not yet, taking a leap year, so I can maybe re-do my SAT's to get into a better school.”
Jack nodded along with Eric, taking another sip of his drink. Maybe Jack could retake them with him, “Hey Er?” Eric raised his head in acknowledgement, “What if I retook them with you, applied together?”
Eric gave him a genuine smile, “Yeah that would be awesome, we could be like roommates or something!”
“Yeah?” Jack asked again, “You really wanna do it?”
“Fucking yes!” Eric laughed, “Man that would be awesome, imagine it, Jack and Eric, Hunter-Turner and Matthews teamed up once again!” Jack smiled as Eric rambled off possibilities.
He’s glad Eric had liked the idea, because he really didn’t want Eric to leave for college, and he didn’t want to go if he was going to be alone. He knew eventually they’d probably go their separate way, but he’d rather that would be later rather than sooner. He’d always liked Eric, but in the past year they’d gotten close, really close, and Jack wasn’t ready to give it up just yet. Eric might not know it but he’d helped Jack through a lot this year, with his dad, everything that was going on in Jack’s head, Turner, he’d even convinced Jack to stop smoking, which was not an easy task. Eric had been there for Jack, and he wasn’t ready to give him up just yet.
Eric snapped his fingers in front of Jack’s face, “You with me there buddy?”
Jack averted his attention back to Eric, “Yeah sorry, I was just thinking.”
“Thinking about what?”
“Us.”
Eric blushed, clearing his throat. Jack smiled, he liked having this effect on Eric, knowing he could make the younger boy flustered with just a few words. He knew Eric didn’t feel that way about him, as he’d been rejected by him quite a lot during their time together, but it still felt nice to know what effect he had.
“What,” Eric started, his blush reaching his ears, “about us?”
Jack looked at Eric who was avoiding his eyes, and blew some hair out of his face, “I don’t know. Just how I don’t want this-” He motioned between them, “-us to end. I know it has to eventually, we can’t just keep holed up in Philly forever, but I still don’t want it to end.”
Eric was looking at him with a shocked look on his face, and Jack worried he’d said the wrong thing. He averted his gaze from Eric and looked down at the cars passing down below them. He rubbed his knuckles a bit while he waited for Eric’s response. Eventually, after what seemed like forever of awkward silence, Eric cleared his throat.
“That’s,” Eric licked his lips, “uh, wow. That’s- wow.”
Jack laughed, “Speechless Matthews?” Eric nodded, which caused Jack to laugh harder. “Well don’t think too hard about it, you might hurt yourself.”
“Oh,” Eric rolled his eyes, “ha ha very mature.” Jack laughed to himself, and Eric threw a rock, a pebble really, at him. “You’re only acting like an ass, because you were just a sap; and you know it would ruin your perfectly crafted rep if it ever got out that the great Jack Hunter-Turner was a big ol softie.”
Jack rolled his eyes, taking a sip of his drink, “No one will believe you if you tell them anyway.”
Eric shrugged, “Maybe, maybe not. You never know, I mean, I believed you were straight.” Jack sputtered, coughing up his soda. Eric grinned, “Not my finest moment, I’ll admit.”
Jack leaned all the way back, laughing, “I forgot about that!”
“I,” Eric held his head in his hands, “wish I could. Sadly, it is permanently burned into my brain.” Eric jerked, “I just remembered,” He put his drink down, turning to face Jack, who was still lying flat on the roof, with no intention of getting up anytime soon. “I wanted to ask you something, well clear something up, it’s been on my mind for like, forever-”
“Eric,” Jack sighed, smiling at his best friend, “What was the question?”
“Right,” Eric wrung his hands out, “So back when the whole ‘Me thinking you’re straight’ thing went down, you flirted with me like a lot, like so much, like I couldn’t walk five steps without you cat calling me-”
“Eric!” Jack’s face started to heat up, he really didn’t want to be reminded of those times, “Your point?”
“Oh!” Eric nodded, smiling, “Right! Uh so I just wanted to know if that was like an act? You know if that was just your weird way of trying to make friends or,” He trailed off, scratching the back of his neck, “you know, if you were serious or not.”
Oh, Jack was serious. He was dead serious. But it’s not like he could just come out and say “Oh yeah all of that was real because I’ve been in love with you since we met and have been desperately trying to get your attention for years” because that would be weird, and probably ruin one of the best things in Jack’s life right now.
“Uhh,” Jack’s mouth dried, he breathed out, licking his lips, “Uhh well I- uh umm.” He paused, clearing his throat, “I-” Eric was looking at him with a curious look, and Jack’s face flushed. “I mean- I- um.” Jack didn’t have an answer. He didn’t want to lie to Eric, but he feared telling the truth would have worse consequences than if he didn’t. Eric was still looking at him, expecting an answer Jack couldn’t give to him. Jack tried to get words out again, just to say something, anything, but he still couldn’t manage to get anything out.
“Jack?” Eric asked worriedly, and Jack just completely froze up. His breath quickened, and his hands started to shake. The world around him started to blur a bit, and he threw his arm over his eyes in an attempt to block out the sunlight.
“Hey,” Eric’s voice cut through the haziness, “hey Jackie it’s okay, you don’t have to answer, you’re okay, everything is okay Jack.”
Jack nodded along with Eric’s words, eventually coming back to reality after a short while. He removed his arm from his eyes, and saw a worried Eric hovering over him. “Sorry,” He said sheepishly, and Eric shook his head.
“No need to be sorry.” Eric reached out for him slowly, “Can I?” Jack nodded, allowing Eric to wrap his arms around him carefully. It was an awkward position considering Jack’s back was still flat on the roof, and Eric was still partially sitting up. They probably looked like some weird acrobatics trick. The thought of how ridiculous they probably looked was enough to make Jack laugh. Eric pulled back at the sound, looking at Jack weirdly as he started to laugh. “What’s so funny?”
Jack shook his head, “Nothing, just we probably looked ridiculous.”
Eric looked offended, “How dare you,” He gasped, “You looked ridiculous, I looked amazing.”
Jack nodded, “Yeah,” He said softly, “You do.” Eric looked at him funny, and Jack froze. “Oh- I- uh, fuck I just uh-, I meant, you know, you-” His pitiful attempt to get himself out of the mess he’d made was thankfully cut short, by Eric grabbing him by the collar of his shirt, and pulling him into a bruising kiss. Jack tensed for a moment, before relaxing, and hooked an arm around Eric’s shoulder’s bring him closer.
Eric pulled away, breathing heavily, and Jack sputtered. “Uh, I’m not complaining, but I thought you didn’t like boys?”
“I changed my mind.” Eric shrugged, and Jack raised an eyebrow. “I mean I like you, and that’s all I’m sure about. I mean I didn’t know at first, to be honest at first I wanted to throttle you all the time, but then I got to know you, and this past school year has been amazing.” He paused, “I mean not for you, your life as kinda been shit I guess-”
“Thanks?”
“-but yeah. I like hanging out with you, and at first I thought it was a ‘bro’ thing ya know? But then I started to realize it wasn’t really a ‘bro’ thing, because most ‘bros’ don’t want to make out with the other bro.”
“You want to make out with me?” Jack smirked, and Eric glared at him.
“So yeah, I guess I like girls and guys, I don’t really know yet, all I know is I seem to like almost every attractive female, and you.” Eric took a deep breath, “I was kinda hoping you’d help me figure it out.”
Jack nodded, trying to take in all of the information. “Ok, so you want to experiment, see if you’re into guys?”
Eric shook his head, “No, I’m definitely into guys, you mostly.” Jack nodded, “I just, I don’t know, this is all pretty new to me-”
“So you want me to help you get familiar with it?” Jack asked, “Help you with the harder stuff that isn’t just figuring out who you like?” Eric nodded, smiling, and Jack thought about it for a second, “Can I kiss you?” Jack asked, and Eric’s face flushed, but he nodded. Jack leaned in, lightly brushing his lips against Eric’s.
“Well I guess, because you’ve helped me through a lot this year, it’s only fair is I do the same.” Jack smiled, and Eric’s face lit up.
“Are you serious?” Eric asked, and Jack nodded.
“As a heart attack.”
Eric squealed, Jack didn’t know he could do that, and tackled Jack, pressing short kisses all over his face. Eric pulled back a bit, “Wait does this mean we’re dating now? Like boyfriends and such, or something like that?”
Jack let it wash over him. Boyfriends with Eric Matthews. Boyfriends with the guy he’s been after since before he could remember. Jack smiled at Eric, brushing a stray piece of hair behind his ear, “Yeah, boyfriends, I like the sound of that.”
Eric smiled, kissing Jack softly, “Who would’ve thought, the great Jack Hunter-Turner, a boyfriend.”
Achilles: *nearly kisses Patroclus* *near constantly flirts with him* *lets him see him train*
Patroclus: *kisses Achilles*
Achilles, running away: I did not think this far
by far the best and funniest thing to happen in 2020 was the boy meets world fandom being revived by a compilation video about jack and eric being gay and i wouldn’t change it for the world
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