Here’s the plan of a fic collection I’ll never write (feel free to to write it yourself, so long as you credit me)
A = male; B = female; C = male (order based on ship name)
All relationships have a ton of chemistry and are decently popular ships (as in A x B, B x C, C x A, and A x B x C)
All are childhood friends with many other mutual childhood friends
A and C both liked B (not told when it started) and B knew
B and C became a couple in middle school
A stepped away and encouraged the others to go out (his crush on C is implied to persist even until their final year of high school)
They all remain friends and both B and C consider A as their best friend
A had a crush on C during childhood as well but only realizes it after B and C get together (I want angst)
B liked both A and C but got with C after A told her to go for it (A is a dumbass who only realized she liked C)
C liked A first but repressed them feelings hard cause 1- this is before character development allowed him to accept being loved and 2- fear of homophobia, then later he fell for B and thought he was over A
Fic - A exploring sexuality by stabbing their own heart
Follows A’s life and internal conflict during B and C getting together and aftermath on him over the years until he starts dating again during/after last year of hs (it feels like an obligatory rebound to get over both of them)
A realizing B’s feelings for C
C confiding in A that he likes B too
A encouraging B to confess to C
A’s initial heartbreak of both crushes being taken (though he thinks its just one rn)
A’s confusion over why it hurts twice as much as he expected
A’s crush on C realization and panicked denial in his vulnerable state
A figuring out his sexuality by reflecting on his childhood crushes and accidentally extending his heartbreak for years
A accepts his sexuality (and finally decides o try to get over B and C)
Fic - A x B x C get together
A’s dating endeavors’ effect
A avoiding B and C to get over them
B and C express annoyance by this but the rest of their friends are happy for A, especially A’s lil sis (she’s the only one who truly understood how much he’s been hurting over it all)
C’s feelings on A dating other people
B and C were so use to A always being down to hang (with either one or both) no matter what, so when he starts prioritizing his partner, no, when A starts avoiding them to get over them, they have to face the facts
C thought he’d be happy for A once he got over B but instead felt.. jealous?
C always felt a sting of envy when he saw A being in love with B. he trusted A and B so he always just assumed he was an overly sensitive boyfriend, but now those feelings are being directed at A’s new partners
C feels confused and guilty over these revelations and try’s to repress them as he always had, but B knows his too well to let him
B’s feelings on A dating other people
Going backwards: B hadn’t realized she assumed A would always love her, or that it ment so much to her
B never realized she just pretended her feelings for A were gone. After all she never had to actually get rid of them since A always treated her special even when she was dating C
B and C discuss these feelings
C had long since told B that his first crush was A, it was when he came out to her a bit into their relationship because he felt like he was lying to her by omitting his sexuality. B was super supportive and they bonded over their own “past” crushes on A
B recognized that C was just as affected by A’s dating
B brings it up to C freaks out thinking that B will be mad but eventually starts recounting their recent feelings for A
B realizes that the other still likes A and instead of feeling betrayed or jealous, she shares that she feels validated
B starts recounting her own realizations and C is surprised that he also feels no jealousy
B and C are both confused about it all but comfort each other by saying they’ll figure it out together; they also plan to confront A about him avoiding them
B and C confront A about avoiding them
B and C express their missing him
A tries to remain distant
A admits to distancing himself and claims that he should have done so back when B and C first got together. He admits that he never truly got over his feelings for either of them and reveals how that tortured him over the years (this is how A comes out to them)
C is shocked by the reveal of A’s “past” crush on him, while B apologizes for not realizing how much pain he was in despite being aware of (one of) the persisting crushes (not to the full extent though)
A says it fine because he was the one who held on to them for so long and apologizes for avoiding them without explanation
C let’s A know that they will support him but in order to they need to be in
A agrees to stop avoiding them
B and C research polyamory
The reveal of A’s overwhelming persisting feelings gets C thinking if they all like each other why can’t they all be together
During the beginners of C’s searching stuff online B joins C and after he explains what he’s been thinking and looking up, she joins him
*explores their journey of discovering polyamory and others in polyamorous relationships
A’s dating failures since coming out to his sis and deciding on moving on
B and C approaching A about a polyamorus relationship
A, B, and C haven’t been able to have a trio hang out much since A started dating but A doesn’t have a relationship at this point and is drunkenly ranting about his woes with dating to his 2 bff
A makes a comment about how easy they had it finding their “one true love” as their first relationship
C says he actually doesn’t believe in “one” true love which confuses A
B hands A a glass of water and brings up that there is something that they want to talk with A about since he’s currently in a relationship
B and C ask A at the end of on of their trio hangout, asks about forming a polyamorous relationship
A is dumbfounded and B offers him time to think about it and the B and C each emphasize how they feel for him and that this isn’t a spur of the moment decision
A says he’ll think about it and does light research once at home
A contemplates the past and his current feelings, and he thinks that dating the two may be worth the shot
A worries about the worst case scenario but decides to be brave because best case he gets to love the two people he always has for the rest of their life (and at this rate he won’t get over them anyways)
A decides to accept triad offer and goes to B and C’s apartment to tell them
Fic - A x B x C relationship
A decides to accept triad offer and goes to B and C’s apartment to tell them
A admits they did a quick google on polyamory. Then the in-depth research B and C have both done (on their own and with each other)
It is obvious their new to this despite their research as A, B, and C discuss and establish initial boundaries
they decide to keep the triad a secret until they’re comfortable, after all C hasn’t even come out yet
they mostly suggest boundaries they heard other triads use (this will bit them later)
Their first date ends up feeling like a hang out with more restrictions, A is afraid of how this romantic aspect will effect their relationship, B is nervous of making A feel like he’s intruding on an existing relationship, and C is worried about scarring A away with overeagerness
A eventually laughs at the ridiculousness of all of them being so uptight at height of awkwardness and he tells the other two that their past hang outs felt more intimate that this actual date
they all realize they need to set boundaries with their personal situation in mind, they aren’t strangers and they all already love and trust one another so they should focus on becoming comfortable with expressing that love
After they rethink their boundaries they do a “do-over first date” and they all end up having a bunch of fun
They start talking about their coming out and C decides to come out (about his personal sexuality) on his own to their fiends one by one
After C has come out to all their closest friends (and his dad) they start relaxing their boundaries around affection in front of their friends