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‘Gotta go see ya later peace out and have a good day’ Alex said with a smile as he ended his stream, he’d had to end earlier than he wanted to because they had an eboys recording and he wanted to shower first. He stretched in his chair before walking out of his room to find George to ask if he could use his shower seeing as his was still broken
‘George my favourite person to ever exist how are you this fine afternoon’
‘What do you want Al’
‘Can’t I just be nice to my lovely kind roommate of almost 4 years because I want to be?’
‘Al’ George said raising his eyebrows and crossing his arms, stepping forward to looming over the younger boy as he subconsciously made himself smaller and more submissive
‘Haha right,’ Alex said slightly flustered by the dominance, thinking to himself that he needs to get laid or go to a spa because that should not be having that effect on him, ‘can I borrow your shower, mine is still all leaky and I wanted to freshen up before the shoot’
‘Oh yeah of course fella,’ George replied settling back to lean against the wall, ‘do you want me to call the desk again get them to come back and check it? I know you hate doing that shit’
‘Yeah that’d actually be really helpful thanks’
‘No problem, I’ll call while you go get clean you little gremlin’ George replied whilst gently shoving Alex into his room and towards the bathroom
‘Fuck off’ Alex laughed in reply grabbing a towel as he disappeared into George’s en suit
10 minutes and one angry phone call to maintenance later Alex appears from the bathroom water still dripping from his hair and down his torso with George’s towel wrapped around his hips. George tries his hardest not to look
‘What time is the car coming George?’
‘Erm you’ve got 10 minutes technically but I can stall if you need’
‘No I’ll be fine, can you grab me the bottle of dr pepper from the fridge though if you’re done and got time?’
George nodded and went to the kitchen while Alex quickly got dressed in internet sensation merch and grabbed the bag of clothes he needed for the shoot running down the stairs to where George was waiting with his bag of clothes and a second smaller bag Alex didn’t really notice
‘All good?’ Alex nodded, ‘okay then fella lets get a move on’
The two of them ran down and got in their uber heading across London to where they had a studio booked for the day
‘Here,’ George muttered quietly, reaching into the second bag he had and pulling out not just the bottle of dr pepper Alex had asked for but also a bar of chocolate and a carefully wrapped cheese toastie, ‘you haven’t eaten since lunch yesterday’
‘You didn’t have to mum,’ Alex teased with a blush, ‘but thank you seriously’
‘Just wanted to flex my toastie making skills wasn’t being nice at all’ George joked making Alex roll his eyes and smile as he unwrapped the toastie
‘So,’ Alex said through a mouthful of toastie, ‘who have you got for this dress up video?’
‘I’m not supposed to tell you you know?’
‘I know but I can tell it’s not me because that label says xl so what does it matter’ Alex said with a smirk
‘Fine you got me I got James, you?’
‘Will, that means they have us, I don’t know who would be worse’
‘James will be worse for sure he will just try and make us look stupid, Will will take the piss but I think he will try properly with a couple’
‘Did you get James shoes?’ Alex asked
‘Yeah only one pair though, big feet they are so expensive’
‘I know!’ Alex exclaimed ‘small king supremacy am I right?’
The rest of the car ride passed in relative silence, they boys making occasional jokes and comments to each other while Alex slowly made his way through his food. They arrived at the studio, thanking the driver before scrambling out of the car lugging the bags with them. They got in, did their covid tests and waited for the negative result before entering their recording room where Will and James were already sat with their own big bags of clothes by their feet
‘Better late than never boys’ James snorted
‘Shut up,’ George replied good naturedly, ‘we aren’t late we are actually on time you’re just early’
‘Who is ready to look like a runway model?’ Alex teased while he lent over to give Will a quick hug, George ignoring the jealousy that spiked in him, Will and Alex always seemed so comfortable physically showing affection to each other
‘Ah you know me mate, prettiest fella on earth I am I’ll be the perfect model’ Will joked, squeezing Alex back with a dopey smile on his face
‘Charlie has nearly finished setting up cameras if you want to just go? I feel like this might be funnier slightly scuffed’ James said
‘Yeah for sure, and I’ve got the time so I can just cut it before we send it to the editor if yous want?’ Alex added getting nods of agreement and thanks from the other boys
‘Okay then let’s get started’ George said as he put on his mask and glasses, Alex passing him his hat
‘Hello and welcome back to the eboys channel today we are at model camp!’ Will introed the video with a wave
‘Yes I’m finally going to get the boys out of black and onto my level’ Alex added with a smirk and wink
‘Shall we cut to voice over here to explain it?’ George asked
‘Yeah I’ll record it after and send it over with the cut’ Alex replied
‘Okay who is going first then?’ James said clapping his hands together
‘Seeing as you asked,’ George smirked picking up the bag of clothes he had for James as James groaned leaning back in his chair, ‘go get modelled up Jim’
‘I hate you all I hope you know this’ James said dramatically as the other boys laughed at him while he disappeared behind the screen to get changed into the first outfit
‘George what the fuck is this?’ he spluttered as he appeared from behind the screen in a full camo outfit, shorts, t shirt, jacket, hat, boots, and knee high camo socks. Will fell off his chair laughing
‘this video is gonna be so fucking good’ he wheezed
The middle two outfits weren’t too bad, just very colourful and tight like 80’s aerobics videos, but thet featured a bracelet George knew James would actually like to soften the blow. Then it was time for James’s finale
‘He’s actually gonna kill me,’ George said to the camera while they were waiting for James to get dressed, ‘do you think I should hide behind the chairs I think I should hide’
‘George George George what have you done’ Alex giggled before being interrupted by James
‘Oh my god George do you have a fucking death wish’ James appeared from behind the screen and Will scream laughed while Alex covered his mouth nearly crying from laughing. James was stood there in a full body Garfield fur suit
‘It fits so well James look you look fabulous’ George laughed as he jumped out of his seat away from James’s playful swipe
‘You little rat George memeulous, however, I think I can get my revenge’
‘Oh no no no’ George said as James passed his bag of clothes to George before going to take off his suit
‘Wait James’ Alex butted in, ‘it would be a funny bit for you to just stay in the last outfit, just take the head off and we will all do it’
‘For fucks sake,’ James laughed, ‘I’m in a fur suit on camera what has my life come to, you’re right though Al’
‘Is the fact you’re on camera the only problem you have with that fella, not the fur suit itself? Pretty sus if you ask me’ Will teased
‘Oh shut up you git you know what I meant’ James replied while Alex giggled pulling his knees up on his chair
George’s clothes weren’t too bad, the first outfit was essentially a school uniform making fun of George’s height and dyslexia the easy two targets
‘Call me Mister Marriot please’ James said which resulted in him being teased for having a teacher kink by the other three, ‘how has this ended up with me as the butt of the joke I hate you all’
The second was basically a normal outfit but with an ‘I love daddy’ mask, and the third was a genuinely nice suit to which Alex wolf whistled
‘I know I look dapper,’ George smirked and he did a little spin, ‘and it matches my mask bonus points there Jim’
‘Go on then back behind the curtain lets get your last outfit on’ James said with an evil laugh
‘How bad is it Jimbo?’ Will questioned
‘Oh it’s bad, worse for the fact he’s gonna have to stay in it for the rest of the recording’
A shout came from behind the screen
‘James this is fucking indecent how am I supposed to wear this on camera’
‘Here I’ll come help you’ James said as he walked over to the screen hiccupping he was laughing so hard
30 seconds later a hysterical James comes back from around the curtain followed by a very angry George memeulous. Alex and Will laughed so hard they nearly vomited. George was in an outfit made up entirely from bandanas, 2 tied like a diaper, 2 tied to make a top and one like his normal mask. To top it off the mask on his face had a picture of his actual face printed on it
‘James I’m crying what is this’ Alex got out through hysterics
‘We are going to have to blur your face still’ Will laughed
‘How do you feel George’ James smirked
‘I hate you actual full on hate you, you’re not coming on any videos for a month’
They all laughed as George sat down, switching the printed mask to his normal one and putting a jumper over his legs for the sake of not having to blur out his crotch in the edit
‘Okay my turn now, Will enjoy’ Alex nudged his bag towards Will who picked it up and disappeared behind the screen
‘How mean were you Alex?’ James asked
‘I honestly could have been meaner but I thought it was my turn to be at least semi nice’
‘You call this nice?’ Will shouted
‘Well semi nice’
Will came out in the first outfit and Alex burst out laughing
‘Will you idiot that’s backwards’ he jumped up from his chair to gently twist Wills jumper round so the cut out was at the back and not over his belly. For a first outfit it wasn’t that wild, it was a black mostly backless knitted jumper with bright yellow jeans and lots of chunky silver jewellery, honestly Will didn’t look so bad in it
‘Nah put it back I preferred it with the belly window’ George laughed. Will did a little twirl before going back for outfit number two. This one way taking the piss a bit more as it was a sSunderland football kit with ‘jimbo’s boy’ written on the back
‘Alex I’m actually gonna hurt you’ Will said before running at Alex hoisting him out of his chair and over his shoulder, playfully spinning him around before pretending to slam him onto the floor, in reality putting him down quite gently but Alex still curled up playing it up for the bit
‘Please please,’ he fake whimpered, ‘I promise the rest are better I promise don’t hurt me I’m sorry’
‘Oh you will be sorry’ Will said with a friendly laugh, pulling the boy up and pushing him towards his chair. James was laughing so hard no sound came out
‘Alex you were really asking for that’ George laughed but he still leaned across to squeeze his shoulder gently, his own way of checking the boy actually was okay and not hurt
Will’s third outfit was BGM media inspired with a huge chain and they all sung M to the B while Will ‘danced’, calling it dancing was being generous
‘Oh Al you soft git this is amazing why have you done this’ Will said in awe from behind the curtain getting his last outfit on
‘Thought I’d make the other ones up to you, and it’s a thank you for all the Christmas stuff’
‘Oh my god how did you manage to get that’ James asked as Will came from around the corner in a Newcastle kit which was signed by all the players and current manager and on the collar Alan Shearer’s signature was there too
‘If I speak I am in trouble’ was all Alex replied but he was smiling at Will
‘Mate I’m actually gonna cry this is amazing holy shit come here’ Will and Alex had a hug with Will picking Alex up slightly from the floor
‘I can’t believe Will gets to sit there in that while I am sat here in just bandanas and James is a fucking furry’
‘I’m just built different fella,’ Will smiled, ‘and anyway it’s Al’s turn now’
‘Oh god wish me luck’ Alex said dramatically to the camera disappearing with the bag
‘I feel the need to say for the record off the camera, cut this, but I’m not taking the piss here Alex with these later outfits okay?’
‘Will what have you done,’ Alex asked with a nervous laugh, ‘but it’s fine Will don’t worry’
Alex came out in the first outfit and it was very weird to see, he didn’t look bad per say but it definitely wasn’t his aesthetic, he was in black ripped jeans, black doc martins, and an oversized black top with mesh arms
‘It’s 2016 emo imallexx elevated’ James laughed
‘These shoes are so heavy but I feel like I could stomp someone in these but if I tried to run I’d fall over’
‘This is so weird,’ George added, ‘I don’t like to see you in all black this is so not you you almost look straight’
‘Right no that’s it get me out of this I’m not being called straight I’ll vomit’ the three laughed as Alex dramatically staggered back behind the curtain
The second outfit was a joke one, it was the lobster costume that Will wore for S2W and it drowned Alex
‘I’m actually kinda nervous for this I hope I picked well and he takes it the right way’ Will muttered as Alex got into the third outfit
‘What have you done?’ George asked puzzled
Alex popped around from the changing area with a little smile on his face he had on an oversized soft pastel pink jumper, a white tennis skirt, and chunky white trainers
‘I’m not taking the piss, I know you like the more feminine shit and I think that’s cool and I know you were worried about buying more of that kinda stuff so I thought I’d do it for you’ Will blurted out before Alex could say anything
‘Will calm down I love it its cute look at me go being my best femboy self’
‘It’s good,’ James said ‘maybe need a slightly longer skirt it’s dangerous if you spin’
‘James Marriot are you slut shaming me,’ Alex gasped feigning offence, ‘George defend my honour’
‘James Alex can be as much of a hoe as he wants its hot boy summer’
‘See James it’s hot boy summer let me slut to my hearts content,’ Alex stuck his tongue out doing a little twirl before falling to sit on George’s lap making him jump slightly but he hid it well hands coming up to hold Alex’s hips softly, ‘live up to your expectations Will?’
‘That makes it sound like this is some fantasy of mine lad,’ Will said with a slight blush and nervous laugh, ‘you look good though I like seeing you all happy with this stuff you pull it off’
‘This is too soft for an eboys video, yous and George’s homophobic viewers aren’t gonna like this haha you’re gonna have to be mean or something for the next one’ Alex said
‘I’ll be honest fella the next one isn’t a funny one so just go get it on’ Alex stood up from George’s lap rolling his eyes at Will good naturedly
‘Will can you come tie this?’ Alex shouted from the changing area. Will stood up and went to go and help Alex, he knew that he would be having problems with the ties on the back of the dress
‘Hey are you okay was this wrong of me,’ Will asked worriedly as he noticed there were tears in Alex’s eyes. Alex shook his head taking a deep breath and smiling
‘Not wrong at all, I haven’t felt this loved and accepted in a long time, I’m just trying not to get emotional in an eboys video but I love you so much right now Will’ Will lent forward over Alex’s shoulder and hugged him tight from behind
‘I love you too kiddo, a lot, I’m really glad this made you happy,’ Will gave Alex a squeeze then let go to tie the two dress ties at his back, ‘that feel good, the right tightness?’
‘Yeah, feels great Will’
Will walked out from behind the curtain and sat down giving a quick thumbs up to George and James who had had a bit running whilst they were there about whether or not a fursuit of Garfield counted as identity theft. Alex stepped out from saying to camera
‘Will has gone so overbudget on this I swear this dress is worth more than all my Gucci stuff combined’
The dress was a light purple colour with cap sleeves and a natural waist. The back was open and had 2 silver chains draped across it which was what Will had gone to tie. It was floor length and had reasonable volume in the skirt as there were multiple layers to it and on the underlayer there were little silver starwars characters printed which sparkled through the outer layer of tulle. On closer look Alex saw the back chains were also made up of little charms of starwars characters. It was Alex in a dress
‘Lets not go over board fella I don’t like you that much you’ve spent your life savings on Gucci and lego it wasn’t quite that pricey’
‘It’s fancy that Alex, and less slutty’
‘Stop slut shaming him James’ George laughed
‘Yeah James just because you’re in a strong healthy relationship and cant whore yourself out doesn’t mean I cant, stop trying to get in the way of my hot boy summer’
‘Give us a twirl then Al’ Will shouted and clapped as Alex spun round in circles a bit too quickly
‘I think I’m gonna be sick how to dancers do this shit’ Alex groaned as he sat on the floor trying to stop his head from spinning. James’s eyes lit up mischieviously
‘Well you know Al a lot of the time they have someone spinning them’
‘Oh no you don’t George Will help this dress is expensive I’m not having him break it’
The video ended with George and James having a mock fight over Alex’s honour and overall it was one of the funniest and most wholesome videos they had ever made, appealing to both sides of their audience
‘Oh man this is gonna bang’ James said happily as Will helped him peel out of the fur suit and Charlie took down the cameras and lights
‘It fucking better look at me’ George grumbled
‘Look at you? I’m a fucking furry George you just got your legs out,well a bit more than just your legs but I got you nice shit and I’m the joke of this video calm down hobbit’. Alex was still giggling to himself while he carefully packed the dress away into his bags. He reached out and played with the white tennis skirt fabric wistfully, James noticed and spoke out
‘Alex you can always just put the skirt on to go home, your joggers will fit in the bag’ George and Will both turned to look at Alex at this and Alex started to blush slightly
‘I kinda wanna but I got choked and called slurs the other week for wearing a jumper with a rainbow on so I think I’ll pass’ Alex replied with an awkward laugh
‘Fuck that shit,’ George said slightly aggressively, ‘wear what the fuck you want Alex I’m going home with you no one is touching you trust me’
‘George you aren’t exactly the most intimidating guy in the world but I appreciate it’
‘I’m not joking Alex I mean it I’m not letting anyone touch you, if that means I have to scream at people, punch someone, take a punch that’s fine you’ve had enough bullshit for just existing over the years I’m over it’
‘I’ll come home with yous too if you want and then just cross over to my place?’ Will added with a concerned tone and James nodded in agreement
‘That’s very idealistic and nice but I’m not going to be responsible for you lot getting hurt by a bunch of brain dead homophobes, I’ll wear that stuff where it is safe and for now just be happy I have you all okay?’
‘Whatever makes you happy Al’ George sighed ‘I’m just tired of seeing you get hurt and doing nothing except dealing with the aftermath’
The boys walked out of the studio waving to each other as they got into three different cars heading to their respective homes