In canon, how does the Sam/Ashby confession go down?
In the canon for #SeniorYear verse, Sam and Ashley spent their senior year of high school pining for each other. They were both too afraid to do anything, mostly because their friendship means an incredible deal to each of them. There were times Ashley wanted to tell Sam about how he felt, like at any of his parties, maybe even just during a quiet drive home from school, any day. But Sam and the Lexington’s are the closest thing Ashley has to a happy family, and he didn’t want to risk it. And Sam worried he would push his best friend away if he pursued anything. There were times he wanted to kiss Ashley too, like when they went on vacation for New Years and watched fireworks together on a beach, or when Ashley would sleep over his house and sit close while Sam played video games or watched a movie, sometimes nodding off against his side. Before they go to college, Ashley drags Sam on a trip to the west coast, and tells himself he’ll tell Sam there. That way, if Sam doesn’t reciprocate Ashley’s feelings, they can drift apart in college, and it’ll hurt less. Or well, Ashley tells himself that. But totally doesn’t do anything. The entire trip. Because Sam just means so much to him, and every time he wants to say or do something, he realizes he doesn’t want to ever drift away from Sam. Meanwhile, Sam spent the whole vacation finally working up the courage to do something. Sam thinks Ashley might like him as more than just a best friend, same as him, but he would hate to be wrong and jeopardize everything.
On their last night, while they’re packing to go home, Ashley stumbles through saying how much Sam means to him, tries to keep it casual by laughing and joking around, so Sam might not think its weird. And Sam just kind of, stops, stops packing, stops worrying and walks over to Ashley, and apologizes (“If I’m wrong, I’m really sorry,”) before bending down and kissing him.
