Archive of Our Own

From the very beginning of their friendship, everyone could tell they were something special. There wasn't a normal explanation to why two people just fit together so perfectly, like two pieces of a puzzle that were meant to connect, other than it was just fate. They never spoke about their relationship, not online and not to their friends, because to them, it was just evident that people knew. Their friends called them soulmates, they spoke about their unique bond, surely they had to be aware there was something between them.

1. Joe, Mark and Ash

Wilbur had invited Tommy along to a jam session. No one was aware of that plan, they thought there was a strict rule about never showing their songs to anyone until they were close to being finished. They didn’t complain, though, since they liked Tommy's presence, it was just odd. Especially the way they acted.

How Tommy sat right next to Wilbur, so close that the guitar was halfway on his lap at that point. And the looks they were exchanging? They'd never seen Wilbur give such a dopey smile to anyone before, let alone blush from something a person said.

A phone call disrupted their little session. Ash glanced at his phone. "Hold on, I have to take this," he said and left the room.

"I could go for a smoke," Mark sighed.

"I'll go with you."

Joe and Mark stood and also left to go smoking.

Tommy smirked and pushed the guitar off Wilbur's lap. "Whatever shall we do in our time alone?"

"I could think of a few things," Wilbur said, his smile mirroring Tommy's before their lips collided in a kiss.

Tommy straddled Wilbur's thigh, and their arms wrapped around each other. They completely got lost in each other as they made out, their only thoughts being how much they loved this. Tommy's favourite thing was kissing Wilbur, he liked the sensuality of kissing, how intimate it was to swipe his tongue along his boyfriend's and have him chase after. The push and pull of each kiss excited him and soothed him all the same. To Wilbur, it was maybe his second favourite thing, but it was up there.

"Holy fucking-! What kind of alternate universe did I just walk into?"

The two jumped apart at the shouting, and looked questioningly at Ash, standing in the doorway and covering his eyes.

"What's up, mate?" Joe and Mark walked back in behind him, also giving funny looks to Tommy and Wilbur.

"I just saw them snogging and shit!"

"What?!"

"Jesus guys, I thought we were past primary school," Wilbur laughed and pushed Tommy off his lap, causing the boy to pout. "What's so bad about kissing my boyfriend?"

"Your boyfriend," Joe repeated.

"Yes, my boyfriend. Why are you guys freaking out about this?"

Ash frowned. "We didn't get the memo. Since when are you guys boyfriends?"

"Since uh..."

"December," Tommy helped him.

"Wasn't it late November?"

"No, I remember it was snowing. And it didn't snow in November."

"Snowed where? " Mark asked impatiently.

"On our first date."

2. Tubbo and Freddie

Wilbur wasn't sure why he agreed to go clubbing with the youngsters. Clubbing wasn't his jam, never really had been. He enjoyed going out to drink with his friends, but he didn't like the accompanying loud music that thrummed in his head like it was being played right against his eardrums. But Tommy enjoyed it. No surprise, honestly, Tommy had always liked loud things. And when Tommy likes something, it's hard to say no to him.

It was good compensation that Tommy, when a little drunk, loved to dance. And god, was he a sight to see when he danced. With his cheeks slightly pink, and his long arms wrapped tight around Wilbur's neck, Tommy grinded on his boyfriend; like some deviant angel sent from hell to tempt Wilbur. Thank fuck Wilbur wasn't a man of purity.

With his arm around the boy's waist and his leg between his legs, Wilbur gyrated along with Tommy. The whole world around them disappeared, and it was just the two of them in a messy, sweaty heap, moving to the beat of the music.

"You're so hot," he whispered into Tommy's ear, and the boy mouthed along the side of Wilbur's neck.

"Wanna suck you off." Tommy's words were slightly slurred, and barely audible over the music.

"Not here, baby."

"Le's go home."

"You just need to take a break. Remember, you wanted to come with the boys so bad."

"Yeah, and now I wanna go home with you."

"You're only saying that because you're drunk and we're pressed together."

"'m not drunk!"

Wilbur laughed and pulled away from his boyfriend's tight grip. He kissed Tommy and pulled him off the dancefloor, towards their friends. Tubbo and Freddie were sitting on a sofa in the corner, drinking various cocktails and giving Wilbur weird looks as he dragged Tommy away from the dancing crowd.

"He's a little out of it," he shouted to the other two boys as he sat Tommy down on the sofa next to them. "I'll go buy him a bottle of water, can you watch him for a second?"

Tubbo and Freddie nodded, and Wilbur left.

"Hey, what the fuck was that, mate?" Freddie asked Tommy.

"What?"

"Since when do you guys dance like that?"

"Like what?"

"Like a couple, you fucking idiot."

Tommy giggled. "What? Am I not allowed to dance with my boyfriend? Wow, Freddie, out of everyone I didn't think you would be homophobic."

Will returned with the water, uncapped it for Tommy and let him drink. As Tommy downed big gulps of the liquid, Wilbur pressed little kisses to his head and temple, whispering to him things the other two couldn't hear.

3. Phil and Kristen

A fatherly visit, Phil had called it. He wanted to come down to Brighton, and who else would he visit first if not his "son"? He and Kristen knocked on Wilbur's door early in the morning. Or at least it was early for Wilbur, who stayed up almost all night doing... well, Tommy. So when he opened up his home in front of his dear friends, he was still groggy and half-asleep, which they noticed right away.

"Will! Hi! God, it's been so long since we've seen you like this." Kristen dragged him down into a hug, and kissed his cheek as well. Wilbur hugged her back just as tight.

"Jesus, man, you look like shit," Phil laughed, and hugged him as well.

"Thanks, mate."

Wilbur took them to the kitchen and brewed coffee for all three of them. Kristen didn't let them bring up work, because that would stress them out too much, so they just spoke about life as they drank their coffee.

"So, Will. Any particular reason why you're so damn tired at almost 11?"

"I was... busy last night." Wilbur sipped his coffee to hide his smile. "Couldn't sleep much."

"Busy with what?"

"Personal things. How was your trip? You must've left early to get here now. You could've come later, you know?"

Wilbur changed the topic, and Phil didn't pry any longer. That is until Tommy walked into the kitchen, wearing nothing but Will's sweater, and a pair of boxers peeking out from underneath. Wilbur hadn't realised before how much he'd ravished the boy last night. He was walking with an obvious limp, and his neck was covered in shades of purple. In a groggy voice he greeted Phil and Kristen, who were silent and frozen in the moment like statues, then walked over to Wilbur and rose to his tiptoes to kiss him.

"Want coffee," he mumbled.

"You can have the rest of mine."

"Thanks."

"Here you go, babe." Wilbur handed him the still hot cup of beverage, and Tommy began eagerly sipping. “Slow down, it’s hot.”

Wilbur turned back to Phil and Kristen like there was nothing wrong with what just happened, and he was surprised to see his friends with their eyes wide and their faces pale.

"What... the fuck."

4. Jack, Niki and James

It was a little friendly get-together. Soft music playing in the background as everyone found their group of people to talk to. Tommy and Wilbur had been active all night, chatting with so many people that at some point during the night, Tommy got so tired he just sat down next to Will on the sofa and fell asleep on his shoulder.

Wilbur shifted the sleeping boy around, so his legs were thrown over Wilbur's lap, and he could wrap his arms around Tommy's torso to support his weight. He buried his face in Tommy's hair, the strawberry scented shampoo so comforting it almost put him to sleep as well. He associated that smell with Tommy at this point, smelling it always reminded Wilbur of home. Where his pillows smelled like his favourite person.

Without their knowledge, their friends were watching them from afar. Jack and Niki joked about their weird friendly bonding, until James and Ash overheard their conversation.

"That's not just friendly bonding," Ash said. The other three looked at him with confusion. "Those two are actually dating."

James and Jack were shocked, they silently blinked at Ash, who just broke this news on them. Niki didn't seem all that surprised.

"I guess that kind of makes sense. They do fit together well."

"Of course they do," James agreed. "I'm just surprised Will hasn't told me..."

"They haven't told anyone. I only know because I walked in on them kissing."

5. Ranboo and Charlie

Filming the Sorry videos was always a lot of fun. They didn't think improv would be so easy to do amongst their little group, but they just seemed to get each other. Not to mention all the cool locations they got to film in, like a prison in this instance.

Tommy was filming a bit with everyone else while Wilbur and Ranboo caught a moment of break. He watched from the side as Phil made Tommy and Charlie get closer and closer and closer together, and say "Kiss."

Wilbur's hand clenched into a fist, waiting for what would happen, ready for the worst. But the other two backed out from the kiss, and after laughing it off, the bit was dropped. Wilbur, overwhelmed with sudden jealousy, stormed over to the other three like a little kid, and snatched Tommy away from their friends.

"Will?" Tommy's voice was laced with worry.

Wilbur grabbed his face and kissed him harshly, their teeth knocked together and Tommy accidentally bit his top lip, but he didn't care. When they parted, Wilbur glared at him. "Remember that the next time you try to kiss someone else."

His expression softened, and he ruffled Tommy's hair before leaving as he came. Tommy was left on his own, standing in the middle of the room, perplexed.

Charlie and Ranboo looked at Phil.

"Did you fucking see that?!"

"I've seen worse," Phil said, like a war veteran. 

“I don’t even want to know what that could’ve been.”

+1

After the confusion that arose within their friend group, Tommy and Wilbur realised that maybe no one else thought their relationship was so obvious. So they decided to announce it publicly, to hell with all the haters.

"Twitter?" Wilbur offered.

"No, that sucks. People only come on twitter to hate."

"True. Maybe instagram? Twitch?"

"I think the best option would be making a youtube video about it. Don't you think? We can explain a lot more than we could in a simple tweet or an insta post. And it's not as risky as a stream."

"See, you're so damn smart, I love that about you." Will kissed Tommy's lips.

Tommy chuckled. "You love a lot of things about me."

"That's also true. You have lots of lovable characteristics."

They got prepared for a youtube video. They wrote a whole script, they rehearsed, they asked for other's opinions. The nerves were the worst when they actually began filming. By the time they edited it, both of them calmed down a little, and they posted it together.

"Whatever happens after this, I'm here for you," Tommy said.

"I know. I'm here for you, too. Whenever you need me, sunshine. I love you."

"I love you too."

—

The video was titled Announcement . Simple as that. The thumbnail was from the last shot of the video, Tommy and Wilbur sitting next to each other, hand in hand.

It didn't begin like the rest of the TommyInnit videos, for a second, there was just a black screen. Then it cut to the sofa in front of the white walls. Tommy's place, where they filmed it in his living room. The two of them sat awkwardly next to each other and smiled at the camera.

"Hey guys! I'm Tommy, and if by some miracle you don't know this guy, he's Wilbur. My best friend of almost 4 years, my partner in crime, my right hand man... My boyfriend."

"Hi." Wilbur waved.

"It has come to our attention that not many people, not even our friends know that we're together. So we decided to make an announcement and tell everyone about it."

"Me and Tommy started dating in November, 2022."

"It was December."

"Late November."

"Wilbur, I swear–"

The scene cut. In the next clip, they've gained back their composure.

"So as I was saying, me and Tommy started dating around that time. We've been together for a couple months now and we're very happy."

"I don't think I've ever been happier in my life than I am with Wilbur. I'm eternally thankful for him."

"We trust that you guys will be responsible with this information."

"Yeah, we could've lived our lives without ever telling you guys about this, so the fact that we made this decision means we really trust you. We know there will be some haters, that's inevitable, but I don't want to see any kind of aggression towards either me or Wilbur. If you no longer like us because of this, please be normal about it."

"We won't stop loving each other just because some people think it's not right."

They laced their fingers together in between them, and said goodbye to their audience.

"Thank you for listening to us. Bye."

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