circle the drain
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George answers the next question. Something about the car. Something boring. He keeps his tone light, his posture relaxed, his eyes forward.
He doesn’t think about the fact that Alex had sent him the clip two hours earlier, timestamped and cropped, with a single message underneath.
us apparently
Followed by three blue hearts and a laughing emoji, like an afterthought.
It doesn’t mean anything, George tells himself, for what must be the thousandth time. They’re best friends. Of course people think things. Of course they joke about it. It’s easier than explaining something that can't be contained in words anyway.
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George is painfully in love. Alex is painfully in denial. They hook up about it. What's the worst that could happen?
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- Part 1 of circle the drain
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“No,” Alex says, sharp and involuntary.
George's car snaps sideways and hits the wall so hard Alex feels it in his own chest, the sound a brutal crack that cuts through the noise of the crowd and the engine and everything else.
“Red flag. Red flag,” comes over the radio, immediate and urgent, cutting off everything else.
Alex forgets to breathe.
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Alex watches George crash.
He doesn’t wake up.A circle the drain AU.
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- Part 2 of circle the drain