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Y/N and Theodore Nott have been best friends for years. They’re inseparable. Sleepovers, sharing the same bed, stealing each other’s clothes, late-night conversations, movie nights, and knowing each other’s routines better than anyone else. They’ve always been completely platonic. Except when they’re drunk. Somewhere along the way, drunken makeouts became a normal part of their friendship. They never talk about them afterward. They never question them. It doesn’t mean anything. Until Theo develops a crush on someone else. Astoria Greengrass. At first, nothing seems different. Then slowly, Y/N starts noticing. Theo doesn’t stay over as often anymore. He doesn’t crawl into her bed after a night out. He doesn’t kiss her when they’re drunk anymore. He stops texting her until two in the morning because he’s talking to the girl he likes instead. And suddenly, all those little things Y/N never thought twice about feel impossible to ignore. She tells herself she’s happy for him. She tells herself nothing has changed. They’re still best friends. But then Theo starts noticing things too. Y/N is spending more time with other guys. She’s laughing with them, flirting with them, and going out without him. And Theo absolutely hates it. Neither of them understands why. They’ve spent years being completely comfortable with each other, never questioning where the boundaries were because there never needed to be any. Until someone else enters the picture. And suddenly, the things they used to do without thinking like sleeping beside each other, kissing when they’re drunk, being each other’s person don’t feel quite so innocent anymore. Because maybe the problem isn’t that their friendship changed. Maybe it’s that they’re finally realizing what they’ve been taking for granted.