#and they're not placed there randomly! it's an important thing and i'm right cuz i am lesbian and i want it to be meaningful (lmao)

[xdivyxd]

Hey there! 🖤

Can you make a Gerard Way and Y/N story Inspired By a song "Lover" By Taylor Swift?

I would appreciate that! :-)

Omg you have no idea how much I love this idea!!!

I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover

Word count :767

Pairing: Gerard way x gn!Reader (no use of pronouns)

Description : so basically moments for Gerard and y/n's relationship inspired by lyrics in the song lover. I left the bridge and the end cuz omg I love this bridge sm!! Also what I wrote is the type of love that I want to have so badly

Gener: fluff (finally writing something that is not depressing)

Warning : none

'We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January. And this is our place, we make the rules'

"Do you think it's time to take the Christmas decorations already?" Gerard asked as he entered the living room, I turned to look at him, a fake disgusted look on my face, pretending to be offended by his question

"And why would we do that exactly?" I raised my right hand and placed it on my heart

"Cuz it's the end of January, all the other neighbors took theirs down" his soft laugh filled the room as I dramatically got up and walked towards him, my hands grasping at his arms as I looked him in the eyes dead serious "they. Are. Boring." I nodded quickly, he smiled at me "Christmas lights are fun. And this is pur house so we do whatever we want" I dramatically gestured towards the Christmas tree

He laughed again, his arms wrapping around my waist as he planted a soft kiss of my temple "we do whatever we want" He whispered in my ear as I smiled knowing that as long as I have him by side the Christmas decorations can stay up forever.

'Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years'

I remember telling my mom "He's the one I'm telling you!" I had just come back from our second date, I was still living with my mother, I was 20, i didn't know anything but for some reason I knew even then that Gerard is the one, mom didn'tbelieveme and i remember telling her "He's the one. I can feel it. It doesn't matter if I know him for only a few minutes or for many many years, he's my one."

Now I sit in Gerard's and mine's apartment, watching a movie with the man I love 

'Can we always be this close?'

I rest my head on Gerard's shoulder, our fingers linked together, he kisses my forehead, I look outside the window at the view we pass by the tour bus

He randomly whispers "I love you" and I whisper it back

We shear secret moments that are just for the two of us, even though the boys are on the bus, sitting not to far from us, talking about whatever

"I like having you close, it's like our hearts beat at the same pace" I whispered in his ear, he turned to meet my lips "please stay this close to me forever" he softly said and I nodded "I forever will"

'We could let our friends crash in the living room, This is our place. We make the call'

"It's fine if the guys stay over tonight? Too drunk to drive home" Gerard came into our room, I put my book down and smiled "of course they can. I live early tomorrow I have band rehearsal so you guys have the house if you need"

He nodded and leaned down to kiss my lips "You're the best" looking at him, I know the only important thing in my life is us, and the rest is just background noise so I didn't mind if the band stays here, besides I like them they're my friends too

'I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all'

"Damn has it really been three years since the two of you got together? " Ray asked as he put his glass back down on the table "it seems like only yesterday day Gerard came home and announced that he's inlove" mikey added, all of us laught at the fact that Gerard throw a napkin his way.  Gerard's hand holding mine and resting on my thigh "three years" I said proudly,  knowing that my man and I are planing on having many more years ahead of us "forever" Gerard said "right?" His eyes met mine "I want all my years to be spend by your side" I said, forgetting that we were out to dinner with the guys "aw you two are adorable and all but I want to be able to hold my food down" frank joked and broke us out of our bubble.

Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?With every guitar string scar on my hand I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover. My heart's been borrowed, and yours has been blue, All's well that ends well to end up with you

Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover, And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me, And at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover.

[hospitalterrorizer]

diary2

today we did errands and i did hate it like i thought. i don't know why i hate it so much. like okay hate it's too strong a way to put it but it wigs me out totally.

i guess probably, i hate going outside lately, and partly being around my gf and her mom puts me on edge, they're both anxious people who dawdle or i feel like they dawdle and i just want to go back home because it's hot out because we live in the dumbest desert ever and even if they're both having a good time basically it's made up of 100 mini arguments that no one has any stake in until one of the decides that something was really actually transgressed and that makes me feel catty and irritable but also i'm stupid and lazy, or i don't know. i feel kind of like i have to do most of the important stuff, but what is that really, that's not true, i just watch the laundry in the laundromat, i sit and listen to orchid, i feel people stare at me and then i watch my girlfriend fold the laundry because she doesn't like/need my help, and then we go to the store and she wanders around, she used to be a lot worse, and she also randomly decides rather than having us go look for something in the direction we're going maybe she should ask her mom to do that, and then get disappointed with what her mom brings her, so we go look. i don't know. it's annoying, is all, and i feel bad about that because it's so dumb to be annoyed, it should be funny it feels like but it makes me a little miserable to be dragged around places that make me feel totally dirty to be inside of, like, have you looked at the floors of every super market/market/wherever you buy your vegetables like god it's so gross and i'm transfixed by that because i'm like, also that gross too basically, right.

or i think that way a little. otherwise today was fine except for i came home and went crazy. when i go crazy i just say the same thing over and over, and i don't know why, it's not mean stuff it's just all stupid, i feel a clot in my throat talking about it/typing it, because like, what is it, i'm always convinced i know exactly what i'm saying when i'm saying it, but i can hardly remember, and like, there's almost no intention, i just start doing things and i can't help it, i just do it. when i'm super stressed i guess i just become way stupid.

definitely.

n e wayzzz, yesterday i think i fucked up a number, it wasn't 22 i stopped crying right, it was earlier, like, 21-20-ish probably. i don't know why correcting that feels so important. it makes me look way more pathetic, which is fine, i've made peace with that. everything that's ever happened to me means way too much for way too long. i don't think i hold grudges, at least.

last night i saw this print in the towel from last time i wore makeup, it happens every time so next time, which will be soon cuz i'll put makeup on when i go see melt banana cuz i want to serve cunt i guess, anyways it was my eyes closed drawn w/ mascara, when i washed my face and i couldn't get all the stuff off my face because i'm really lazy with the micellar pads or actually it's mostly because i like waking up and seeing some on my face still. i think it's actually when eyeliner looks best on me.

that's like, true.

tomorrow is gonna be weird because i have to meet with someone for semi-professional reasons after not having a job forever because i'm honestly terrible at being employed and it makes wanna die, but this is me probably getting paid to make music for someone's movie, and he likes a demo i did for him so that's #cool right. it's scary because i don't know what he'll say and how much he'll want from me, and i'm scared about not being perfect at it, and i'm scared it'll sap my ability to make what i normally make anyways but that fear is really stupid. if anything i think it'd make me want to go the other direction more, right.

i did work on music today but no vox, i just took some drums off grid on a song, which is fun, or not really but it's rewarding to go through and think about how another human would be dealing with a song/interpreting it in a live way almost, but the hits being so clearly from a drum machine of some kind, it makes it a little uncanny.

tomorrow i need to wake up early, so i can warm up and do some vocals somewhere, probably work on the song that i want to be another single a little bit, some parts need a little improvement i feel like. i didn't listen to the songs i did yesterday yet, too freaked out i guess.

today i ate, like, i forgot what i started with. i woke up in pain, my stomach was a gravity pit and it made getting up hard, i was just falling into myself and my body was distantly sore, i woke up, and i took too long in the shower so my gf's mom got here while i was drying my hair which probably is part of what put me in a stressed out place today already. anyways i think the first thing i ate after 2-3 hours of being awake was chicken tenders. i'm not saying where from because it makes me feel sort of ridiculous i guess, i dunno why. i should just say because it is ridiculous and it's really funny, for some reason shaq owns some kind of chicken chain, and we ate it today. it's fine, i like the french fries, they're crazy thin and i think i can still taste the salt at the back of my throat. we ate in the car because laundry had to happen. i didn't have water so i was dying a little bit. i have water now which is nice. uhhhhhhhhhhhh

trying to think, the next time i ate was at home, i ate a cinnamon roll that i think my girlfriend wanted but also doesn't care about too much and a blueberry muffin. i keep saying i'm going to eat the other one because it makes me look psycho, which is funny i think. what else.

in the shower, today, i thought about living with my aunt a lot, i hope my cousin who moved out around the same time i was moving out of there is well, i hope my cousin who moved in as i moved in there and is presumably still there, there being vague because maybe my aunt moved and took her kid with her, is doing better than he was, but i don't know. i sort of developed the fear that he maybe did something awful, i don't know why he would though.

makes me think about my other cousins, on my dad's side. they both turned out to have awful lives, they were normal for a while until they were adults, and switches came on in their heads maybe, around the same time each were arrested for domestic violence, both in jail. i remember vividly the time one picked up their cat and threw her in the pool and we three watched her run out, long hair all wet, she looked like a rat from a sewer. they were in highschool, i was way younger. another time, one showed me a glass bluebird, translucent, he talked about how it represented jesus, and then in that same stretch of time, i played ocarina of time on their n64.

i also ate some pretzel rods, i forgot, they were from the 99 cent store, i tried to get some in the smiths but my gf said: i got those exact ones in the 99 cent store. and then her mom showed up and she told that to her mom twice because her mom was not listening at all the first time.

friday we are seeing melt banana which i am excited about but i am not excited about hanging out downtown potentially cuz it's so fucking windy in the summer i don't want to have my bangs get fucked up in the wind that's so annoyinggg and also last time we were there i became inconsolable because i tried a dress on and it didn't fit and i was unhappy for at least 2 days. i think i sound really unfun in these posts. whatever.

[knowlessman]

…idk, world heroes mission ig (bnha movie 3)? not clear on whether the Hawks minisode thing is before or after it so I guess I'll watch it after

"quirk doomsday…" k so they don't like quirks, they're like the non-bender faction in korra. Still kinda feels weird tbh when you got powered folks and non-powered folks and they make a faction that stands up for non-powered people and then make them unambiguously evil. Granted, I'm making assumptions because this group is ticking every box on the "evil cult aesthetic" checklist. -- "we, pure humans…" you, sir, are a vedalken. …uh, that is to say, blue. you are blue.

ho shit they got a death star? …oh, sewer gas or summat -- …a… mutagen thingy? no, it's boosting quirks… -- "you don't have a quirk, do you? and you didn't happen to randomly get murdered by the twenty-odd major disasters we just set off that demolished half the city. congrats, prolly half the people you know are dead but some of them had powers so it's fine"

"ohey, we don't have a hero from egypt yet" copies some clipart "there, now we do"

…WHAT??? HOW LONG HAS HE HAD THIS ALT SKIN? should I have got a few episodes in first? gawd, figuring out anime movie timing is flat-out impossible

ohey it's that guy from this movie that people like

dang, the animators are showing tf off with this chase stuff. the parkour's almost reminding me of mirror's edge 'XD -- pfft, then he just casually rail-grinds down a staircase bc I guess his quirk is being from a tony hawk game

why do I have the annoying feeling I should be recognizing this eyepatch gu - wait. spends ten years scrolling thru his own tumblr looking for his comments from the first movie okay eyepatch guy KIND OF sometimes has a similar face to the, I think, swordkil guy from the first movie, but the hair is not even close, nvm -- um. …shit what was even happening. marcellus wallace's soul, right. cept I think it was a jewelry store, so more like his pinkie ring?

ah k, so rody rhodepecker gets wallace's soul cuz he thought it was the gems he'd had before, so now rody's in the main plot and I guess eyepatch is dead and the chipmunks are gonna have fewer dolls to pick up -- (deku and rody fight over the case and it falls open) marcellus wallace's… tax returns?

"we gotta move somewhere safer. I know! THE TOP OF A MOVING TRAIN is the perfect place to set down this civilia - " okay fine, "suspect"

what kinda topsy-turvy world is this where midoriya gets on a country's most wanted list before God Explosion Murder? …I forget, Bakugo STILL never got hisself a hero name, right?

ah, so the local gov is all in the doomsday cult. …eyepatch seemed to think those papers were important, but deku found nothing of interest, why does everybody want marcellus wallace's tax returns? I guess it's got important inside cult info in code?

"he's going to klayd. bakugo, come on, we have another country we need you to endanger" -- you know you're important when they assign the stelfiest cops on the force to tail you. todoroki and bakugo better find a corner to walk around if they wanna lose these guys

not the sharpest rat on the street, this rody, huh. also, deku's a heavy sleeper apparently. had his hand all over that case and rody was able to just slide it away with no problem. -- you, sir, are an inuyasha villain

-- ("why did you protect me?") "saving people with a smile" is never gonna stop feeling like a brand slogan to me.

…okay, road trip montage ig. good stuff ig. -- "you have a quirk, right?" deku you were fucking born without a motherfucking quirk what the hell kind of a question is that. anyway clearly the farting bird is rody's quirk

(rody gets blasted off a cliff then ice jets show up and idfk stuff) wowee, dangit guys, you're makin me dizzy with the camera zipping all over the damn place -- under the blades bakugo UNDER THE FUCKING BLADES THAT HELI IS GONNA MAKE A SMOOTHIE OUTTA YOU HAVE YOU NEVER WATCHED AN INDIANA JONES MOVIE -- …well damn, Green Arrowette, dramatic enough?

aha, a sneakret compartment -- and obviously it's the puzzle toy from rody's childhood because cults are all about getting the kids involved -- bet the cult woulda loved it if rody had solved it way back when and fucking swallowed the data chip. …random question, where does nintendo get off putting an entire game in a choking hazard just because they can? irresponsible af

"I'm one of the scientists that the cult kidnapped yadda yadda yadda plot stuff final message" and. and they just. plugged this into a computer and hit play. with the speakers on. in a hotel lobby or wevertf this is. with civilians watching tv. FIVE. FEET. AWAY.

bakugo: "only an idiot would make a key without telling you where the door was! where's the place with no bombs… there! that's where their base is!" BULL. SHIT. BAKUGO. IS A HACKER. also bullshit because didn't the first bomb go off literally a hundred feet directly above their base? -- "I'm working on it, damn nerd!" - hackugo the hackerman who apparently is the only computer literate person in the room

okay these wobbly giggly sword-whip guys bakugo's fighting, them I kinda like tbh, designwise at least. …I guess because they just remind me of so many soul calibur characters at once 'XD

"they told me they'd stop the Otheon bomb if I give them the key" okay ten trillion percent he's faking this time, right? …right? -- ohhh, eddie soul. I musta been barely listening to… uh. um. eyepatch guy's audio log 'XD -- "my quirk is that silly pink bird with the mask that farted on you earlier" -- "and also dodging really good" - ohp, okay, not dodging good enough tho

HIS QUIRK IS THE FARTBIRD I WAS FUCKING JOKING. I mean like cool he has a ranger animal companion ig, hell, Minsc has kind of the same thing going for him and he ruined at least one Magic format with it

(bakugo finally won his match)(todoroki is still drowning) freeze the water dumbass, damn -- oh wouldja lookit that, he froze the water

"his quirk has a limit!" I mean, I guess. wobbuffet's only got so much hp. …I swear to god this guy was probably literally and actually and in fact based directly off of wobbuffet, it would explain everything about his visual design -- "you gave up on trying to get people to like you, heroes never give up" deku please just shut the fuck up and finish this fight, every single time you try to say something to somebody about their backstory, you just come off as an ignorant dickhead

"there's no explosion…" marvin martian: "where's the society-shattering kaboom?"

(the fartbird plugged the thing in, probably ages ago) go for the eyes, Boo! the one in texas goes off anyway because the power grid failed again and the disarm code didn't get transmitted to the bomb

oh goody, the not-corrupt police officers arrested the one that was. he was definitely the only bad apple in the bunch, yessiree

…ayup. movie movied. villain had paper-thin motive compared to all for one's easy-to-grasp god complex or the actual literal nightmare that is tomura's, but wever. and rody's fun.

the Hawks Soothe thing is five minutes, huh. -- I think bakugo listening to todoroki's "write 'people' on your hand then eat it" thing is the first hint of character development for bakugo I've seen in maybe this whole WHAT in the FUCK is THAT supposed to be

-- hawks just casually strolling up wearing the carpet from the Shining

jesus christ my guy, this is why they knew to put you in that hannibal mask

okay so this was literally just a prologue of them clowning around in the airport for a couple minutes and I shoulda watched it first, I had them in the right order in my notes. …dammit

anyway, on to s6 ig - wait no apparently there're two OVA bonus episode thingies for s5? huh, it's them playing baseball. lol shoji's got three bats in the cover image 'XD

[diabolikpersonals]

(Srry I have another ask too which I don't think was sent but THANKS SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY OTHER ASK AYAYUI FOREVER!! ^^)

How do you think subaru would react if kou drank his blood randomly just to tease him ?

NO PROBLEM MY FRIEND thank u for the ask

hmmm, I think it would strongly depend on what stage of their relationship they're in (u could say subaru and kou go from Enemies to rivals who consensually beat the shit out of each other to Actually Best Friends) (......to lovers if you have subakou brainrot like me) so I'm trying to think of which stage would be the most interesting. a surprise bite to tease him, huh?

I actually really like it at the MB rivals stage. Since at that point, the two have complicated feelings toward each other (I hate you because you tried to take away Yui! But I'm also thankful to you because you made me realize important things about myself! Fuck you for all the bad things you said about me! And I'm sorry for saying such bad things about you!) and rather than talking it out, they express their feelings by taking it out on each other physically. So it's kinda perfect for this, right? Especially since Kou is preoccupied with drinking blood at this point anyway; he and Subaru were fighting over exclusive blood-drinking rights, after all.

I don't think it would be too out of place in one of their fights if Kou just sank his teeth into him >:D But Subaru would be really shocked, of course. I mean, it's an intimate thing, it hurts, and certainly no one has ever done that to him before. Honestly, I bet all his anger would disappear and he'd just be, like, all stiff and confused. And he doesn't stop Kou at first cuz he can barely rationalize what's going on. (and then he would keep throwing punches lmao)

I bet Subaru would make a cute sound if he was bitten, lol. And Kou wouldn't let him live it down. He'd tease him about it right away, and he'd keep bringing it up so he can watch Subaru get flustered every time ^^ And while Subaru is angrily insisting he didn't sound like that and Kou needs to shut the fuck up, Kou is like, "Ahh, but it was really fun, I should bite you again sometime..." and Subaru starts another fight LOL

It's also fun to think about if this happened at a more intimate stage in their relationship. I'm thinking about a nice calm moment, like late in the Subaru VS Kou cd. Subaru, Kou, and Yui are hiding away from a party and doing some fun bloodsucking stuff together in private. It's perfect. Give that dude a bite, Kou.

Kou, grinning: "What? Do you really hate it that much?"

Subaru, flustered: "...No, it's not like I hate it......But...shit! If you're going to do that, I'll also-!!"

and then he'll BITE KOU BACK heheheheheh >:D

[randynova]

ayo bestie I'm back! HAHAHAHAHA I KINDA FORGET MY ROUTINE BECAUSE OF MY SCHOOL WORKS THAT I PURPOSELY IGNORE

My sister and I have is talking as always but there is this idea- rather a question that both of us can't answer so what did I do? ofc I'm going to ask my fav writer/bestie you can't do anything about it you're my bestie now but that is not the point so the thing is how you guys write this second lead that would end up giving the readers second lead syndrome cuz boi I don't know, I tend to have favorites and that's not fair if I write something like that it would be obvious 😅😭.

Bruh, bestie you are lucky enough to have your friends in class that wanted to be with you🤧 and now you're a leader of a group?? Honestly, king/queen/royalty shit. Wish you luck on your assignment!!!♡

HAHAHAHAHAHA I FOUND A WAY TO REPLY! I feel like I'm so smart 2dei!

Honestly, good thing I could blend with them cuz oh boi it would be awkward to be with them doing this for our grades then we don't get along, for now my group mates and I are doing great! at least for now tho....

I'd be back soon, just going to finish this work load I ignore for a couple of weeks! take care bestieeee~ <3 ✨

Sjsksj, dw about it. School is important so please focus and do ur best😩😩 Unlike me who decided to do a long ass assignment that was due yesterday. It's okay tho, he gave us until Tuesday to turn it in dut to a holiday.

SSJKSJSJ TY?? I AM HONOERED TO BE ONE OF UR FAVS!!♡♡ And bestie, we were besties since the first message😪

But moving on!

"how you guys write this second lead that would end up giving the readers second lead syndrome"

Oh this is tricky. Ok, let me try the best to answer this. I had to look up second lead syndrome because I'm like "what is this??"

But makes so much more sense now that I know: "wanting the second lead to end up with the main lead rather than their intended partner".

And if I'm understanding right (which I hope I am) is you want to know how to achieve that (right? plz, this will be embarrasing if im wrong)

Here we go!

How to Write Second Lead Syndrome

Okay, so let's establish that this is basically some weird love triangle. You have to think about their place in the story. Why are they there, what purpose do they serve, and how do they affect the story? Don't just focus on one person, focus on both second lead and intended partner and have their charcter/personality mean something. Don't just forget about them and randomly include them again. Once they're introduced, keep bringing them in! Example:

Create some chemistry between your main lead and second lead; whether it be banter, an intimate moment, rivals, etc. They have an interesting /close relationship with the main lead that may or may not be romantic. Give the readers something to work with b/c that random coffee barista who took their order will probably not be shipped with the main lead beacuse they said "here's your order, sweetheart" and we never hear of them again. Won't appease to everyone or help your story.

But remember, not everyone will like it if your second lead is mean, borderline abusive to the main lead. You gotta sprinkle in some fluff or at least don't make it... too worrisome.

Example:

ML and SL arguing over who ruined a task and blaming each other, but you can 'see' one of them finding the situation amusing or it makes them react the same way. Yet, over time, they begin to get along after a certain moment or grow closer. OR,

Main lead doesn't realize how perfect their second lead (i.e. best freind) is and ignores them for their love interest.

Give them more "screen-time". By that, I mean incoprarte your second lead more in a way that pleases the readers/goes with the story. Give them more lines! More scenes with the main lead! Make us feel something! It'll play in well with establishing their character and their place in the story while maybe also adding some chemistry.

If wattpad and tumblr has taught me anything, it's drama. I dont know about you, bestie, but that unexpected drama is mouth-watering. It can by between just two of them or all of them, your choice. Personally, I like when the two people are fighting over the main lead or one of them hides their feelings for the other. Or like, second lead makes a big deal about something concerning main lead. Anything like that really.

Example:

"Dumbass, why didn't you fight back?! Or call for help?!" Adam shouts, gripping your arms tightly and breathing heavily, his hands trembling even as he held you. You looked at him in shock, seeing his golden eyes turn glossy. "Do you know how scared I was?! H-How scared I was getting that call that you... that you almost died...?"

"Adam..."

The "show, not tell" tip is extremely important here (imo). Why? You want to show the readers what your character might be feeling and have their minds fill in the blanks. However, it's sometimes nice to have some context.

Example: Tell vs Show. (this is something made on the spot, random names) Adam stopped talking and smiling once you walked in, the crush he habored for you seemingly growing in an instant. He regretted at that moment, how cold and mean he was when all you wanted to do was be his friend.

God, you were so beautiful, like an angel. And every man at the party thought the same thing, making Adam furious that he couldn't claim you as his. He hears your laugher from where he stands, almost as if he was right next to you.

Adam, as much as he hated to admit it, was absolutely enamored with you, despite all his wrong doings. But how could he say it now when all he ever was to you was a bully? He was so caught up in his thoughts, he didn't even notice his friend calling out to him.

vs Adam's words died in his mouth, trailing off as the woman of the hour finally walked in. His heart beat wildly in his chest as his gaze landed on you, heat crawling up his neck as he drank in how the girl he hated had vanished in mere hours and had been replaced with the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Yet, you had already haunted his waking mind and now, the image of you tonight would haunt his dreams.

In his eyes, you looked nothing more than a sinful angel stepping down from her chariot, wrapped in crimson and black, immersed in what he could only describe as pure lust - pure temptation to him. Yet, like an angel among demons, the men in the crowd could only look at you in hunger as they notice your presence, beginning to make their way to you as if they were in a trance.

Adam could only watch and seethe in his spot, his blood boiling at the thought of any man approaching you. His hold on his bottle tightens, clecnhing his jaw as his mouth goes dry. Even from this distance, your laugh reached him and it made his stomach churn.

The calling voice of his friend fell on deaf ears, his trickster mask falling for a moment as his smile falls completely. The memories of every hurtful word he spat at you when you greeted him came crashing down -- every sarcastic comment, every insult, every nasty and hateful thing he said when all you wanted is to be his friend. His brows furrow and his gaze falls to the floor.

I did not excecute this correctly, holy shit. Don't think the first one is bad!! Both are acceptable, but sometimes readers like to read something that insiuates the possibility of something else without ever saying it. It's just that the word "was" tends to sound repetive at times and it always depends on the scne you're working on. If someone says don't use "was", ignore them. That choice is all yours.

But you get what I'm trying to do, right? I didn't say he had a crush in the second one, but I did point to it with my descriptions (i hope). This is something you can try to do or be blunt like in the first one.

Remember: context is important and the first one can work perfectly if you already laid your foundation.

Establish why the main lead should be with the second lead or why they're better. Let's say second lead is the better person than the intended lover, and if you managed to create some chemistry and history with your main and second lead, it will play out more effectively when the time comes for you to make your decision. Also can frustrate readers (in a good way).

However!! Like I said before, try to make the main lead and second lead have chemistry in a way that makes them work together, not clash and fall apart everytime they get together. Make them have common ground and build more interactions from there, something that makes them connect in a way they don't with the intended love interest.

Make your second lead's life not revolve around the main lead. Ok, this only exceptional if they happen to be childhood firiends that happen to reunite or stay in touch. Other than that, it'll be more interesting to see who the second lead is as a person and some people may even fall in love with them. Show their flaws too because sometime making them too perfect breaks their charcter.

Friend-zone/Break-up. Ok, at some point someone has to be friend-zoned or broken up with. Someone and that choice is yours to make but you got ot have your base set up as to why it's happeneing. There's got to be a build up or it won't be as effective as you want it to be.

Love Confession or Realizing ML/SL is in love with the other. Ooo, this should and can go into the drama one but this is interesting all on its own. But trust, there's a reason I'm making its own bullet.

Ok, nothing is more dramatic and heartbreaking or pulls more at your heart strings than hearing in their confession of how they feel (not knowing the outcome) "You are the person I want the most in my life/I want by my side" or "Being your friend is more than enough for me" because they rather have main lead in their life than not at all.

Or even ML, after some time, reminiscing about the time spent together with SL and realizing they love SL, finally understanding why SL treats them the way they do and why ML themselves feels their chest ache when SL is around a potential lover. Stuff like that,,

Give me that love confession, and maybe a rejection/revealation even.

ANGST. Bestie, angst is like drama but it hurts not only the characters, but also your audience/readers. Give us SL reacting out of character for ML, give us ML rejecting SL or pushing them away, give us ML and LI content that is heartbreaking -- give us death!!!

Example:

"Why didn't you ever tell me...?"

"Because I see the way you look at him, and the way he looks at you...," Adam mutters, his eyes glued to the wall before him. His voice, though tired and raw, never failed to make your stomach churn, yet as you take in his beaten appearance, helaughs. A bitter, broken laugh."You look at him like he's your whole world and your eyes light up everytime you see him. It's like no one elese matters when he's around. And him? God, he looks at you like you're a walking dream, [Name]. Like your his everything and more. I-I've never seen my best friend so happy..."

"Adam-"

He cuts you off, finally looking at you. You didn't even notice you were crying until you saw his own tears, supsirsed to seeing the boy who acted like nothing mattered cry. "I love you, even though I shouldn't... A-And all I want is for you two to be happy, even if it hurts me seeing my best friend get the girl I love. I... As long as you are in my life, I don't mind..."

I think you get the gist right?

My tips are confusing but I heard that k-dramas are the best when it comes to second lead syndrome and watching how they utilize it is a good way to go if you're more of a viusal learner.

Now that I think about it, I probably just gave you an outline on how to write a novella romance...

Anyway, hope that helps a little and I can't wait to hear from you, bestie!!!