Hear me out..obessesive art threatening our boyfriend behind our back and then making him look like the bad guy while art looks so terrified??
continuation to my last answer because this is definitely something that artie would do. especially if we’re following the he-was-already-your-friend angle.
you see, i envision him having a prior past or history with you. whether that was friends with benefits, a one-off hookup, or even just a random little kiss on a drunken night— art keeps that close to his heart FOREVER. even though it didn’t work out then— baby still feels that it will.
so, naturally, he’s a bit possessive.
when you brought this new guy around, like i said before, it was like a punch, kick, stomp, choke-slam to his gut.
but, after his heart heals a bit from you shooting him down, all of his aggression is straight towards your boyfriend.
it starts as a sort of silent man-off competition that you’re a bit too unconcerned to pick up on. art might start bringing up your old memories to make your man uncomfortable. offering to pay for your group meals to undermine boy toy’s wallet. buying you cute little gifts that your new man could never afford. and each time you turn your back, excited that your bestie is being so sweet to you, he’s looking dead at your boyfriend with a smirk so smug and fucking egotistical it makes your man SICK.
it takes you a bit off guard when your boyfriend sits you down to talk about things too. in your opinion, art had been nothing but a good friend to you. i mean, buying you gifts, paying for things for you, bringing you cute places on your hangouts— a very good friend. but your man is not havin it.
to you, it sounds like a little bit of insecurity on both sides, so you do your best to qualm their worries. you don’t mind showing your man a little extra attention or giving him some extra reassurance about art. and you don’t mind reaffirming your friendship with artie either. they’re both important men to you, so you need them to get along as your friend and boyfriend. if only you knew the real situation.
things continue like that for the next few months, and the more that art gets away with, the more bold he becomes. it’s no longer an unspoken, brow-beating dick competition between the two. now, art is full on challenging your man.
when the two of you fight, art is always there to hold you while you cry about it, give you good (for him) advice, and to even help you tell the guy off sometimes.
your boyfriend KNOWS this, too. he knows that every time the two of you are bad, art sees that as a chance to wedge himself between the two of you. in fact, over 75% of your fights are about art. how art belittles him on how little he’s doing for you. how he always seems to be glaring at him whenever the two of you are lovey-dovey. how he seems to tell you the most awful things about him that are not true.
he knows how bad art wants you. he KNOWS. just because your naive, doesn’t mean he is, and he’s more than determined to make you see that.
so, he starts to have a bit more fun with things.
when the two of you are out with your friends, he makes it a point to shove his tongue down your throat once or twice before the night is over, eliciting all types of whimpers and moans from you that he knows art dreams of. he keeps his hands on you at all times, and on the very common occasions that he catches art staring, he makes it a point to feel you up a good few times. he even makes it a point to post more of your dates and cute moments online, whereas before he was more private. anything to tick that bastard art off.
it works too. the glares art sends him, the one-off comments, the scoffs under his breath. art shows his true face more and more.
but, you still don’t seem to accept to accept things the way your boyfriend sees it. yeah, art was a bit possessive, but it’s because you two have been friends for so long. he’s not trying to break the two of you up.
in fact, it looks as if your boyfriend is more of the aggressor sometimes, beating up on poor love-sick art. or at least that’s what art has your other friends thinking.
my god, what are you going to do with them?
