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Reddit Story[Not a real Reddit Link] (You don’t necessarily have to read this to read the fic but you might be confused at times if you don’t)

Lowkey kinda based on THIS ask

The day the Reddit Stories video had filmed had been just like any other day for the most part. Shayne as the host with Ian and Angela. It was a light shoot day so most of the cast had stuck around to watch them since the video was supposed to be about love for Valentine’s Day.

You however were not in the office that day. You were out of town with Damien as you were both recording some voice over work for a video game. This project had you guys in Atlanta for about a week.

By then the video had been long forgotten by pretty much everyone. Well Everyone but your best friend. Ian couldn’t help but notice the similarities with the post and his life. But he was also slowly beginning to convince himself that it was just his brain playing tricks on him. That you didn’t really share his feelings. He was almost positive that if you had feelings for him, you would have told him by now and you hadn’t.

So after nearly a month of Ian carefully dissecting your friendship, the video gets posted. Within hours fans are immediately making connections from the Reddit post to things you and Ian have said in videos. Comparison edits and deep dive posts covered your feed faster than you could comprehend.

Honestly at first you thought it was just fans being fans. They have always been a bit para social when it came to relationships in the cast. So you genuinely thought nothing of it until Anthony pulled you aside as you were preparing to leave the office.

“Do you have a Reddit account?” He asked curiously and you frowned at the random question.

“Uh, no. I mean not one I use anymore. Why?” You questioned as you packed up your desk. He hummed in response as he tapped his knuckles against the edge of your desk. Clearly having more to say but not wanting to overstep.

“I can practically feel your brain working Ant. What’s the problem?” You sighed looking up at him earning a sheepish smile in response.

“The latest Reddit Stories video was posted today. The Valentine one, I just think maybe you should check it out is all.” He offered as an explanation before walking away to leave you with that thought. You rolled your eyes at his words thinking he was telling only because Ian was in it.

Anthony had figured out about your crush about a year ago and while you’re sure he meant well. You knew he just wanted you both to be happy.

Gathering your things you went home for the night.

Sitting in your living room, a plate of food in your lap and the newest Smosh video streaming on your TV.

Everything was fine…until it wasn’t.

“Ok, this next one is: Am I The Asshole for not telling him how I feel?” Shayne read pausing to look up at the camera. Ian and Angela both reacting on the couch.

“This is gonna be good!” Angela smiled as she folded her legs underneath herself and covered up with the blanket.

“I’m leaning towards not the ass hole but that could change.” Ian joked with a playful shrug.

“Okay, let’s get into this.” Shayne announced as he cleared his throat, preparing to read.

“Hi Reddit, Gosh…where to even begin? I have a best friend who for the purposes of this story, let’s call him E. I have been in love with E for years. Like in talking head over heels all the way in love with this man. I love him in the way poets talk about but I feel stuck…” You recognized it immediately. That was your Reddit post. One you’d made years ago and had honestly completely forgotten about.

“Oh my god.” You gasped realizing that not only did Ian hear this weeks ago, but now the entire Smosh fandom heard this post. If Anthony figured out it was you, there’s no way Ian hasn’t. He knows you love him! He knows?! He knows because he knows you. Ian knows you just as well as you know him. He has spent more than enough nights leaning over your spilled scripts, spent enough time listening to your writing pitches, enough to know your writing style. To know that you wrote that. He knows.

But he hasn’t said anything, so maybe he doesn’t know? Or maybe he just doesn’t want to say anything? Because the feelings are not mutual. Because maybe they had been mutual but are now one sided. Gosh the idea of missing your time with him hurt more than the thought never getting to fully love him at all.

The idea that you were once loved by the love of your life and didn’t know until it was too late. You pushed that thought away just as fast as it had come. It was one thing to be caught in a pool of unrequited love, but to be lost in a sea of past love? That is something you don’t know you could ever come back from.

You were startled out of your thoughts by your phone ringing. Glancing down at the screen you gasped. Of course it’s him…

“Hey Ian, what’s up?” I asked in a tone of forced casualness. Hoping he couldn’t hear the panic in your voice, but knowing he knew you well enough to see through any facade.

“Are you busy?” He his voice was soft, almost breathless in a way that told you he was also panicking. Your eyes immediately scanning the room around you as you scrambled to grab the remote. Pausing the video and praying it wasn’t loud enough for him to hear over the phone.

“Uh, no not right now. Why?” You offered, your free hand nervously running over the edge of your untouched plate of food that had long gone cold. Food you no longer had the appetite to eat.

“I uh, I think we need to talk.” He said, his tone was hesitant. Like he expected you to say no or tell him you didn’t want to see him. But the day you told him that would be the day the world ended.

“Yeah, we probably do. Do you want to come ove-“

“I uh, I’m outside actually. I just…I don’t know. I was worried that if I knocked or something you’d tell me to leave.” He explained forcing a laugh to make it sound like a joke but you could hear the genuine fear in his tone. You immediately stood, putting the plate on the table before heading towards your door.

“Knock? Since when do you knock?” You murmured because it was true. Ian has not knocked on your door since you were in middle school and that door was to your bedroom.

You pulled your door open before he could respond and there he was. Nervously standing on your front step with his phone pressed to his ear.

“Hi.” You shyly whispered as you both hung up your phones in sync. He smiled at you and you stepped back to allow him inside. You watched silently as he closed and locked the door for you. Then he took his shoes off, putting them in his designated spot before pulling off his jacket and hanging it on the hook. Then he turned to you and grabbed your hand, pulling you to your living room where you both sat down on the couch.

You glanced at the TV suddenly feeling incredibly flustered when you saw it was paused on him. Either he didn’t notice or he was actively choosing to ignore it.

“So, I’m just gonna come out and say it and then after you can tell me I’m wrong or tell me to fuck off. You can honestly tell me whatever you want and I’d listen, just like I always do have. I just have to get this out because I feel like I’m gonna explode if I-“

“Ian.” You laughed gently squeezing his hand to pull his focus back to you so he’d stop nervously rambling. Because once he started you knew it would be easy for him to talk himself out of whatever he was going to say.

He paused taking a deep breath as his eyes slowly moved across your face. As if he was trying to commit your features to perfect memory or something. Then his eyes met yours and a soft smile spread across his face and you understood it. He wasn’t studying your features, he was looking for a type of comfort that he learned only looking at you could provide.

“You have a Reddit account, yes or no?” He asked just above a whisper, his eyes never leaving yours. And you just knew. He loved you too. He still loved you.

“I do.” You agreed your smile growing to match his.

“The username of that account is Anonymous_Sunflower, yes or no?” He asked, the was still an air of hesitation in his tone. As if he was waiting for this to all be some kind of sick joke. Like it was a cruel bit that you’d let go on for too long.

“It is.” You nodded. Your thumbs tracing soothing circles on the back on his hands.

“And you uh, you are um…you posted that you love me?” His question sat for a moment as you thought of a thoughtful response before just giving up and nodding your head.

“I did.” He let out a breath of relief but you could see the wheels in his brain instantly beginning to spin as he thought of his next question.

“Do you still, I mean are you like… in love with me, currently?” You could almost feel his nerves pooling off him in waves. You could read the hope in his expression and the fear in his eyes but his smile didn’t falter. Like he couldn’t help but to smile when he looked at you.

“I am.” You agreed with ease and his entire body immediately relaxed as he leaned back against the couch. One hand remained in your grip while the other was pressed against his face as if he was trying to contain his smile while he tipped his head back against the couch.

“Ian?” You asked after a few seconds and he turned his head to look at you curiously.

“I um, you know how I feel but…” You said awkwardly and his eyes immediately widened as he sat up.

“Oh my god, right! I was so focused on you that I forgot to talk about me!” He laughed, you smiled at him as he cleared his throat as if he was preparing to give a monologue during Smosh theater.

“I have had feelings for you since I was 11 years old. The day we had to do class presentations and I forgot our notecards at home. I was so sure you were going to get mad at me, I mean we worked on that project for weeks. But you didn’t even flinch, you got up in front of the class and did the entire presentation from memory with the whole class watching. You made jokes to cover up the parts I’d forgotten and you did it with ease. I remember being in complete awe of you. And when my mom started making the joke about you being my better half a year later, I completely agreed with her. Because you were, you are! You make me what to be a better person, not because I think it will impress you but because you make me feel like I can be. There is not a day that goes by where you don’t completely inspire me. Just being near you has been enough for me because it’s all I thought I was allowed to want. Being your friend has been my greatest accomplishment to date. Better than Smosh, better than anything I could ever imagine. So yeah, when Trinity told me that I’d have to put some distance between us…honestly the thought alone felt like losing an important peace of myself, of my soul. I hadn’t even tried to put distance between us and I already felt sick about it. When she broke off our engagement I was a mess. Not because I wanted to fix it, not because I thought I failed. But because I realized my mom was right. That she had always been right. That it was you, that I was in love with you. For years the feelings I’d carried around for you were love. A deep genuine love. And I was terrified, terrified for what that meant for us, for you, for our friendship. But you were my person, so I went to see you. I told you I didn’t want to talk about what happened because I was scared that if you knew, then you’d know I was in love with you. So we never talked about it. Trinity moved on, we moved on, it was done. I was ready to stay your friend because I knew I loved you and it was enough.” He explained his tone as intense as his words. You could feel tears fill your eyes as you heard how wrong you both had been the whole time.

Thinking that friends was all you could ever be. That you were each destined to fall in love with someone who didn’t love you back. Then Ian gasped looking at you with wide eyes as if he’d just remembered something.

“The update.” He said simply and your frowned

“You said you were going to tell me. That you were going to invite me to dinner and tell me everything, but you didn’t.” He elaborated, you smiled as an awkward laugh felt from your lips. You remember the night well. You cooked Ian’s favorite dinner, inviting him over to your place under the guise of just wanting to spend time with him. You remember being so nervous that night, but then he showed up and told you he had excellent news.

“I did. Invite you to dinner that is. But um, before I could tell you, you told me that Mythical had bought Smosh. You were so happy and we ended up spending the rest of the night talking about the future of the company. I just…I didn’t want to add an unnecessary stress.” You shrugged as if it made perfect sense, which to you it had. It had only been a few months since his engagement ended. Tensions were already high at work with the Defy shut down, half of us didn’t know if we’d still have a job. It was a tense time and then with the Mythical merge? Confessing your love just got put on the back burner.

“Oh my god…I’m an idiot. I should have let you go first.” Ian sighed, you couldn’t help the laughter that fell from your lips.

“No I’m serious, picture it.” He joked as he jumped to his feet preparing to paint a dramatic picture for you.

“You invited me over, we eat the delicious meal you cooked, because let’s face it. You’re the best cook I’ve ever met. Tell whoever you want that I said that by the way.” He was cut off by your laughter. He smiled fondly at you before he continued.

“Right, so we eat. Then just like that day, we both say ‘I have something to tell you.’ Only in this reality, I insist that you go first. You tell me you’re in love with me, and stay with me because this is where the story gets crazy.” He joked while winking at you. You nodded for him to continue, completely invested in his story.

“I then tell you something like ‘oh fuck whatever I was going to say. Marry me! I love you and I always have. Let’s run away together.’ Right? Yeah so, we both are in love and it’s perfect, it’s bliss, nothing else matters. Then maybe in a few days, I tell you about Mythical. Then bam fast forward to today, we’d already be married and happy.” He concluded as he stood in the middle of your living room with his hands on his hips. You stood moving to approach him as you put your hands on his chest and his hands immediately found your waist.

“You mentioned marriage twice just now, careful Hecox, I might think you’re in love with me or something.” You joked and he scoffed

“I don’t want you to think it. I want you to know it without any doubt. I am so in love with you.” He murmured, his eyes laser focused on your lips.

“Yeah well, I love you too.” You whisper with a smile

“Say it again?” He asked as you both slowly start leaning in.

“I love you Ian.” You said, just above a whisper before he finally pressed his lips against yours.

The kiss was everything you had ever imagined it would be and when it was over you pressed your forehead against his.

“I think I need to dig up my old Reddit password.” You joked

“The fans deserve an update.” He agreed before kissing you again.

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Y/n_L/n: Update: I told him and I guess he kinda loves me too 💋

🏷️:ianhecox

➡️IanHecox: Happy to finally be on the same page with you.❤️

➡️User2829: Oh my gosh! My ship!!!!

➡️AngelaGiovannGiarratana: The best update ever! Happy for you both ❤️

➡️Co_Mill: New Smosh couple has hit the scene!!!!!

➡️Anthonypadilla: I feel like I can say I told you so now

↪️ianhecox: You can not because you didn’t actually know, you only assumed she was in love with me

↪️shaynetopp: I feel like we can all say it actually, to both of you…

➡️User2933: I love how supportive this cast is! My heart

↪️User7383:Right?! I literally love them all sm

➡️Arashababy: Damn there goes my second wife 😔

↪️Y/n_L/n: I’ll always be your wife baby! ILY💋

↪️Arashababy:ILYSM💋❤️

↪️ianhecox: What?

↪️Arashababy:What.

➡️User7283: Y/n wrote that Reddit story?! My heart literally 💔😭

➡️User37293: Y/n is a #1 girls girl because I could never. That Reddit story was so sad. And to think about how much she loved him but wasn’t going to tell him?!

↪️Users73: “E deserves to smile” a true poet fr💔

↪️User934: Don’t forget she literally helped him propose to another woman just to make him happy!

➡️User890: I kinda always shipped her with Anthony. I thought their chemistry was better.

↪️User7383: What an incredibly odd thing to say

➡️User7124: This is why I believe true love exists 🙌

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