Poorly timed confession + in vino Veritas, Alex/Willie/Luke
i was trying to decide who is doing the confessing and honestly every possibility is gold
there’s the obvious one where willex is already a thing and luke has had a crush on both of them for ages now and one night at a party with their friends, willie and alex are drunk enough that they’re one of those couples just making out on a couch and luke is sitting near them and he’s drunk enough that he forgets to be polite and look away and he thinks, “god, you’re so hot, i love you,” and then they both look at him and he realizes that he said that out loud. whoops! it ends well, though, if waking up the next morning in between them is any indication.
there’s the one where none of them are dating, but alex and luke have been dancing around each other for honestly years now, and everyone is just waiting for them to get their shit together. they’re with friends, a few drinks in, and willie is just so tired of watching their bullshit that he literally grabs them, positions them in front of each other, and commands, “now kiss!” alex is startled and flustered and starts stammering, but luke just stands there and processes it for a second before pulling alex in and kissing him silly. willie is struck by it. he didn’t really think this far ahead, to what would happen if they actually did it. when they break apart he slings an arm around each of their shoulders, kisses their cheeks, and cheers. alex and luke are understandably confused, but they go with it, and the three of them have a nice long talk the next day.
there’s the one where none of them are dating, but alex is such a disaster gay, alright, he’s had a crush on luke for forever and that’s fine, he’s used to that, but now he has a crush on this cute skater guy too?? it’s just unfair. they’re at a party celebrating something idk and luke is so overcome with happiness that he turns and kisses willie full on the mouth, leaving alex slack-jawed as he watches. luke sees alex watching and grins, coming up to him too and fully dipping him as he kisses him. they break apart and alex, stunned (and very drunk) says, “i love you.” luke smiles and says it back and kisses him again, then swings him up out of the dip, and oh that isn’t good for alex’s stomach. he makes eye contact with willie and says “i love you too, don’t worry” and then runs to the bathroom. he doesn’t actually end up throwing up, to his relief, because then he wouldn’t have been able to kiss his new boyfriends as much as he did. luke does often bring up that their first kiss almost make alex puke, though. he finds it very funny.
and there’s the one where they’re at a holiday party, and someone had thought it was a good idea to hang mistletoe literally everywhere. well, maybe it was, because throughout the night, alex, willie, and luke get to kiss each other many, many times, and then they get to act like it’s totally normal to kiss your bros. as the night wears on and the alcohol keeps flowing, the kisses get progressively more intense, starting out with a peck and leading up to willie and luke frenching in the living room. they separate, and luke says, “you’re great.”
willie replies, “you’re great!” he gasps. “oh my god, you know who’s great?”
luke gasps with him. “oh my god, you’re so right. we should -- we should find him and tell him that we think he’s great.” willie nods. luke continues, “sometimes he doesn’t think he’s great, you know? because of - of anxiety.” he hiccups. “but he is! we have to make sure he knows.” luke grabs willie’s shoulders. “willie, we have to make sure he knows how great he is!”
willie puts his hands on luke’s shoulders. “we will, we will, we just gotta find him.”
luke nods and then rips himself out of willie’s grasp, practically running through the party on his way to find alex. willie laughs and runs after him, finally catching up in time to see luke barrel into alex and squeeze him in a hug.
”alex! alex alex alex! you’re great.” luke draws back and cups alex’s quickly warming cheeks in his hands and stares into his eyes. “you know you’re great, right?”
alex chuckles nervously. “uh, sure?”
luke nods sharply. “good.” then he leans in and kisses alex, just to make extra sure that he knows he is loved. “you’re great, and awesome, and wonderful, and -- and --”
“and amazing!” willie adds from beside them.
“and amazing,” luke repeats. “and i know that you don’t always think that about yourself, but you should, because you are, and i love you, man.”
alex looks bewildered in his arms, eyes darting between luke and willie. “o...kay? i, uh, i think you’re pretty great too. both of you.”
“aw thanks, bro,” luke says, hugging him close and nestling into his chest. willie comes up behind him and kisses alex too, the heat of his body warming luke’s back.
“you’re great, hotdog,” he whispers in the space between his lips.
“what is happening,” alex murmurs back.
“does it matter? we like you,” willie says sweetly.
“i think it does matter, actually --” alex starts, and luke groans into his shoulder.
“aleeeeex, just let us love youuuuu.” willie and alex make eye contact and dissolve into giggles.
“alright, alright, sure,” alex agrees, and one of them shifts their weight and that makes all of stumble a little and then alex takes a step back and trips and they’re all falling down. luckily, they collapse onto the ottoman and not the hardwood floor. they lay there for a second in a tangled pile of limbs before cracking up even more. the people around them give them strange looks, but none of them care. they’re right where they want to be.
