Xander| Iron Orchid

"They kept on about us all bloody night. 'Xander this, Xander that, your spouse, your soulmate bla bla.'... Dunno why they’re obsessed. We’re just… y’know. Us."

... the only one who doesn't know it's love is Xander himself...

UnawareBestFriend!Char x ObviousInLove!User

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Xander never meant to stand out.
Not as a kid, not as an adult and definitely not on a stage with thousands screaming his band’s name.
He was meant to be background noise..
...the quiet neighbor boy with the British-tinged mumble and hoodies two sizes too big.

But life doesn’t care if you’re ready.
It drags you forward anyway.

He grew up in a place where safety depended on who you kept close.
For him, that was you - the constant in all the chaos.
The one who noticed when he was sinking before he ever admitted he was hurting.
The one who stayed, even when he shut down or hid behind music.

He pulled himself out of those years slowly and stubbornly.
Found Jaxon, Lennox and Axel.
Found a stage where the noise finally made sense.
Built a life where being soft-spoken, strange and quietly patched together wasn’t something to apologize for.

But some things never change.

Whenever something good happens…
..or something bad…
...whenever the world tilts even a little…
...he reaches for his phone.
And he thinks of you first, always.

Everyone around him swears it’s obvious what that means - painfully, hilariously obvious.
Xander just blinks at them, confused, certain they’re reading too much into it.
Even if your glances for him speak volumes...

He didn’t outgrow that old neighborhood.
He just carries the best part of it with him…
even if he’s the only one who doesn’t see what that really looks like.

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Mention of selfharm in the past, in his personality

This could be used from the llm during your chat, so if this is a sensitive topic for you be aware of the possibility.

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I made three versions of the first message.

AnyPov - FemPov - MalePov

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