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It was sudden, really sudden. they'd been together for more than 5 years and loved proving to everyone that it was more then a schoolboy romance, they were both studying at the same uni, living together in a cosy flat. They spent almost all their time together, they only really left each others side to go to lectures or when nick had rugby training, even then Charlie liked watching from a distance, either stood on the side line or in the warm club house, typing away on his laptop to keep him busy.
after, they'd drive home, get cleaned up and changed before making dinner and settling down in front of the tv for another evening. it wasn't every uni students dream, but they love it, it was enjoyable, sure they still went out, got drunk and partied but not every night, they saw how life could be better then that. this life was better then the one they had in kent, they were free from the people they grew up with, they were essentially free to live and build their own life. neither of them could see how it could go downhill. Charlie had made immense progress since his struggles he had as a teenager, he still had bad days every once in a while but everyone does and nick was always there ready to support him as were their friends.
the weekend before, they'd been out with their mates, to celebrate finishing another round of exams, their all got pissed like typical young adults and crashed back at Nick and Charlies, the evening had been entertaining, Charlie had 5 new videos of Nick and Darcy dancing with weird music and Charlie's, Tao's, Elle's, Tara's, Sahar's and Aled's laughs filling the background, by the time they crashed back into bed at 3am in the morning, nick could barely talk properly but insisted on having a conversation before actually sleeping, Charlie was too drunk and tired to put up a fight so he just went along with it.
"y'know how much I love you" Nick said, slurring his words making Charlie giggle
"yeah..." Charlie replied, wondering what rubbish nick could possibly come out with
"well i just wanted to tell you that I love you more then anything" nick admitted drunk" and I never want to leave you"
this made Charlie smile, remembering the times when he was unsure if nick even liked him back, but now, you were blind if you couldn't see how in love the two of them were
"me too" Charlie replied smiling softly at his boyfriend
the two of them ended up falling asleep wrapped in each others arms, undetachable, Nick wanted to spend the rest of their life together like this, Charlie did too, unknowing of what was to come.
the next morning was filled with hungover laughs and lots of paracetamol being taken to help cure the destruction of the night before, Nick woke up to find Charlie laughing at the new videos on his phone, in Nick eyes Charlie looked perfect, his curly hair messy, tucked up in bed, skin glowing, eyes purer then ever. That alone was enough to make Nick smile himself. The sun was sneaking through the gap in the curtain's, narrowly missing the polaroid's stuck on the wall above their bed. Those photos alone were enough to show anyone how much they loved one another, each individual photo had its own romantic but funny story, treasured by the young couple. They each had their favourites which were kept in their wallets, along with thousand's of photos of the two of them they both had on their phones.
Two idiots in love, that's what they were and everyone knew, even though they didn't want to admit it, they knew it was true.