ZACH!!!!!!! MY BUDDY MY PAL MY AMIGO
so iâd always kinda head cannoned that zach was the first friend that ian ever made when he first arrived at va beach when he was 16???? idk but i feel like something happened (idk what) and like instant bffâry????? and like, I feel like theyâve been super close ever since and I just alkdjflajsdflaksdjfldjfÂ
altho okay so the only ~rough~ patch in their relationship, probably came right after zachâs wedding b/c it was that night that ian told natalie that he still loved her and she didnât say anything to him, which ian took for âi donât love youâ and so he kinda skipped town w/o saying much (which totally isnât ianâs style at all) and kinda lost touch w/ everyone for about two years (including zach) and like he wasnât there for zach during the divorce and heard about it second hand and tbh he feels awful about that and heâs just now coming back to va beach after all of that, but itâs mostly just to sell his house and cut his ties w/ this life, altho I think he plans to stay in touch w/ people, but part of him knows that it wonât last and yeah i crey.Â
so idk how zach would feel about ian just kinda splitting like he did and honestly ian def feels like zach is entitled to be really mad w/ him and if he is, he gets it, but I still feel like heâs gonna try to reach out to him now that heâs back