okay maybe lukewarm, but still.

the tension in friends to lovers is 80x more intense than that in enemies to lovers. the stakes are way higher.

i mean think about it, if you’re my enemy and i fall for you, if you reject me, your reaction is just going to make you my enemy again. nothing lost, nothing gained, in the grand scheme.

friends to lovers??? you have EVERYTHING to lose, because if you’re close enough to a friend to fall in love with them? that means you’ve been there for me. seen me in my worst times. loved and supported me. ingrained yourself in my life in a way that can’t be easily undone. if i tell you i love you, my friend, my best friend, and you reject me? i’ve almost definitely lost the person in my life who meant the most to me, lost a vital structure in my support system… it’s like accidentally knocking the roof off your home. decimating an entire wall of it. the consequences are sudden and drastic and fundamentally change the way you go about things.

if i fell in love with a friend you can genuinely bet your ass i would convince myself i was delusional and that they weren’t flirting with me and i needed to get over them because it is safer than telling them the truth of how i feel and opening myself up to that loss.

don’t get me wrong, i fucking love enemies to lovers, but nothing will make me sick, make me ache, make me YEARN like friends to lovers does.

Just after sunset during the Minneapolis memorial for Liam, someone released five red heart balloons. As they rose up together, one balloon rose higher and faster while the other four seemed to hang back sending it off. To me, the moment felt like these lyrics

You will find me In places that we've never been For reasons we don't understand Walking in the wind

We're absolutely heartbroken as we mourn the loss of Liam.

We send love and light to friends, family and fans in this tough time.