#stempsey

[justinfouley]

the fight scene.

alex. was nearly traumatized in regards to montgomery after the events of season one, but after seeing zach go down, felt compelled to help him asap and nyoomed to his aid with his cane.

zach. was completely okay with putting himself into the fight, but as soon as he recognized alex had joined, basically pushed everyone away to help him up as soon as possible. platonic or romantic, this bitch really went out and proved his instinctive need to keep alex out of harm’s way whether it is because of PT or the general closeness that comes with helping him all of the time. it was like second nature to almost immediately focus his attention on alex??? why is no one talking about this??

[slf-cntrl]

WHY THE FUCK IS THERE ONLY 2 ZALEX STORYS SINCE SEASON2 CAME OUT???

These two boys have my heart and sadly there aren't any fics about them.

[ash-overthinking]

Since I’m in full rage against the machine mode and this chapter’s been tantalizingly close to done for several days, here, have a Vitality Ch.5 excerpt-

[blakegallo]

i just want to take this moment to say that i prefer stempsey as a ship name than zalex, but i also probably won’t ever be deeply involved with this fandom. so i guess it’s almost irrelevant.

[little-cxttie]

Zach: you know you love me

Alex: Yeah but I'll never admit it

Zach: but you-

Alex: Shh I'll never admit it

Zach: you just-

Alex: sHhHh

[justinfouley]

the reason zach was comfortable saying he preferred hanging out with his non-ambulatory friends is because he meant boyfriend, and that’s the tea.

[ash-overthinking]

Vitality

Fandom: 13RW

Main Pairing: Zach Dempsey/Alex Standall

Chapter: 3/?

Fic Summary:

There was nothing to give him away right? It wasn’t like Alex had texted him about it. Hey, that was some makeout session. Not straight anymore huh? You want to do it again today? Yeah, right.

–

After things between Zach and Alex take an unexpected turn into decidedly non-platonic territory right before the start of senior year, they must figure out how to navigate their relationship while also trying to juggle their individual recoveries, the complexities of their friendships with the rest of the tape crew, and the menace still lurking Liberty High School’s hallways. Healing is never a straight, clear line.

Read it on AO3

[ash-overthinking]

Vitality

Fandom: 13RW

Main Pairing: Zach Dempsey/Alex Standall

Chapter: 4/?

Fic Summary:

There was nothing to give him away right? It wasn’t like Alex had texted him about it. Hey, that was some makeout session. Not straight anymore huh? You want to do it again today? Yeah, right.

–

After things between Zach and Alex take an unexpected turn into decidedly non-platonic territory right before the start of senior year, they must figure out how to navigate their relationship while also trying to juggle their individual recoveries, the complexities of their friendships with the rest of the tape crew, and the menace still lurking Liberty High School’s hallways. Healing is never a straight, clear line.

Read it on AO3