#doafp

Whenever I see people talking about the Mlvn kiss at the end of s3, I think of this scene from s1e4 of Diary of a Future President where Bobby asks his new girlfriend (the girl who was his crush for the first 4 episodes) to do what essentially amounts to "2 minutes in heaven" in the closet, and he realizes afterward (after coming out of the closet) that something felt wrong and he didn't feel anything kissing her

(the video shows both the DOAFP scene and the Mlvn scene, to parallel them)

Bobby realizes by the end of the season that he's gay and has feelings for his (straight) best friend

Look at the face Bobby makes in front of the closet and tell me it's not the same epiphany Mike goes through in front of the closet

I can give like. Examples. I think the best ones off the top of my head are maybe Scott and Stiles, Scott and Isaac, Lancelot and Merlin, umm I swear there’s more. OH niche but tennis boyfs from Diary of a Future President.

Anyways. Point is.

“I went with you to your mother’s funeral. I was there to comfort you after your dad left. I carry an inhaler everywhere, even after you Turned. You trust everyone so I trust no one. If you do this, then I guess you’re just going to have to take me with you. You’ve still got me.”

“You showed me kindness, even when I wasn’t thinking of showing it to you. I don’t want you getting hurt. I’m asking your advice, because I trust you.“

I don’t remember a whole lot about Merlin or DOAFP, but the implicit trust between Merlin and Lancelot, that Lancelot would keep his secret, and the slow burn young love thing between Bobby and Liam were all good. I mean all of these things are so saccharine, but I think my fav thing about friends to lovers is trust.

I can show you my weak points because you’ve seen them all. I’ve seen you at your ugliest and your least developed, learning, growing self, and I love you more for it. The textile, the fabric of my life, or a facet of it, is woven with you in it. You are inextricable from me. I’ve catalogued all your tells, you’ve had them since we were five.