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1. Looking Past Stereotypes by Coll1ding_stars

   Fandoms: No Fandom, Original Work  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Mason 67/Nonchalant Edgar
   • Mason Lennox
   • Carlos Santiago De La Cruz
   • Aubrey Jackson
   • Lukas Lopez
   • Anthony Ramirez
   • Isabella Maria De La Cruz
   • Victoria Layla De La Cruz
   • Vicente Reyes De La Cruz
   • Juan Carlos De La Cruz
   • Natalie Lennox
   • Josephina Castillo
   • Aaron Barrett
   • Jacob Sawyer
   • Liam Monroe
   • Naomi Kingsley
   • Other characters not mentioned!
   • Secret Relationship
   • Closeted Characters
   • Fluff
   • Light Angst
   • Idiots in Love
   • Mutual Pining
   • High School
   • Secret Crush
   • Falling In Love
   • Popular x Popular
   • School Dances
   • House Parties
   • Underage Drinking
   • Drunken Confessions
   • eventual smut(?)
   • Modern day slang will be used in this fic!
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Carlos isn't actually nonchalant
   • Drunken Kissing
   • Drunken Shenanigans
   • The friends part will be lonnggg!!
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Disclaimer!! The characters are all completely fictional and if they match someone irl, that is completely by coincidence!! Also, the tag 'modern day slang will be used in this fic' is pretty self-explanatory, things like 67 and other words will be mentioned.

   Mason Lennox crossed paths with Carlos Santiago De la Cruz, the two eventually become friends, then something more. Just friends? Friends with benefits? Boyfriends? Neither of them knew the label for what the two of them had become, and neither wanted to speak publicly about it in fear of being shunned by everyone they know. So, they keep everything secret and between them.

   OR

   Strangers who knew nothing about each other, then to enemies for a short while, then to decent friends, then to stolen glances, lingering touches, sneaking out to see each other, and secret relationships.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   37,430

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   34

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