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They’d known each other since they were both kids, grew up together constantly around each other despite Till being less than interested in Ivan when they were younger.
Till wasn’t sure if Ivan could remember it but he most certainly could, the first words either of them shared.
Weeks of bordering on stalking did not go unnoticed even by an eight year old, Till had been being followed by a small black haired boy. The boy was thin, the corners of his mouth looked sore most of the time despite there being no immediate reason, one of his teeth protruded outward slightly and you could see it when he opened his mouth and nobody spoke to him, ever to Till’s knowledge.
It freaked him out. Teachers wouldn’t listen if he tried to tell them, excusing it as Ivan just wanting to be friends with him, his parents said the same thing. Till believed that could be the case but nevertheless it still freaked him out.
Till spent the entire year trying to ignore him, it wasn’t all that hard considering Ivan had never attempted to get close to him, only ever watched from a distance.
But as he began to get more popular and kids would hang around him constantly, he wasn’t the only one noticing Ivan’s obsession. He wanted to confront him about it, except he became worried about the outcome of a confrontation. He no longer wanted Ivan to stop following him.
He couldn't exactly tell people that though, they’d think it was some weird gay thing between them, and Till was not gay.
So he finally confronted him, when there was no one else around.
“Ivan.” He said. The boy was slowly approaching the same height as Till but he wasn’t there yet.
“Hi Till.” A bright smile spread across Ivan’s face, even Till could tell it wasn’t real, just practiced.
“You’ve been stalking me.” Despite having thought about this exact conversation happening millions of times, now it was actually happening he didn’t know how to explain.
Ivan just nodded, the smile on his face not wavering.
“Why?” Till wasn't entirely sure he wanted to know the answer but despite himself he asked.
“I like you.” Ivan’s smile widened, looking deeply into Till’s eyes.
“I’m- I’m not gay.” Till gulped, his voice sounded unsure.
Ivan didn’t respond to that, just kept the smile on his face until Till began to walk away.
For a while after that Ivan stopped following Till, which came as a relief until he realized Ivan had been taken out of school.
The change of routine suddenly became unbearable for the young boy, he had just turned 10 and he began to miss the sight of Ivan.
That was when Till realized he was in fact gay, everyday his eyes would dart around looking for the boy, never meeting his gaze as he wasn't there.
Until one day he was.
Till liked to believe he had long gotten over his crush from middle school. He suppressed the fact that he even liked men, and decided to have a crush on a cute girl called Mizi from his high school.
Everyone was convinced in his act to like Mizi, he learnt how to blush on cue whenever her name was mentioned, and gave her gifts. It perfectly fooled everyone.
Except deep down Till knew it wasn’t right. He didn’t like women at all and the girl he pretended to like was his best friend who he knew had a secret girlfriend. Luckily Mizi didn’t mind Till’s pretend crush as she knew it was just that, pretend. And it took focus off of hers and her girlfriend, Sua’s, relationship.
Till went to watch one of his friends soccer games when he noticed him, taller than he remembered, same black hair, same snaggle tooth. Ivan was playing.
Since he’d started high school he had grown to know everyone, except over half way through the school year he was only just finding out Ivan was a student there.
He struggled to focus on the game, his eyes constantly on Ivan. Except Ivan was practically the game, he was exceptionally good at it. Once when he scored he looked out to the crowd, eyes searching over every person until they met with Till’s and the same smile washed over his face, followed by a wink.
His face blushed and he slipped out of the bleachers, he was able to easily make his way into the locker rooms as he was friends with some of the players.
Normally he wasn’t one to bite his nails but as the minutes of the game stretched one he couldn’t help but feel anxious.
He couldn’t choose where to sit or stand, moving between the benches and just walking around. Until suddenly the team started to file into the locker room, he gulped as he watched every player file past him, some stood beside each other while others walked alone.
Ivan walked in around 30 seconds after the others, apparently he was a fan favorite and was saying goodbye to his fans, those 30 seconds felt much longer to Till.
Till was forced into a conversation with his friend as soon as Ivan walked in. It was hard to pretend everything was normal as he felt Ivan's eyes burning holes into him, Till would occasionally look over and they'd meet eyes for a few seconds before Till turned away with a blushed face.
The conversation lasted longer than Till would have liked, he barely focused on his friend's words, instead watching Ivan's Adam's apple bob as he drank and when he took his shirt off revealing his chiseled torso.
“Dude, did you hear any of that?” His friend knocked him back to reality, attempting to follow his gaze and wincing when it met Ivan’s shirtless frame. “You’re not gay are you? Why are you staring at Ivan?”
“He went to my middle school, he looks a lot different from how I remember him.” Till quickly recovered.
“He’s only transferred here a couple of months ago and he's already a favorite on our team for the fans and coach.” Till nodded along in response, eyes still pinned to Ivan. “Come on, let's reintroduce you guys.”
“No, that's fine…” Till tried to argue as he was dragged over to in front of Ivan, he couldn’t fight back against him as Till was not very athletic compared to him.
“Hey Ivan! Do you remember Till?”
“How could I forget him?” Ivan smiled, not as fake and practiced as it was when he was younger.
“Hi Ivan.” Till had been bracing himself to talk to Ivan before the game ended but now he didn’t know what to do as they were not talking on his own terms.
Unlike their apparently mutual friend, Ivan seemed to notice Till’s discomfort, so he pulled the conversation away from Till and struck up a conversation with their friend.
“Hey, do you think me and Till could talk privately for a second? I’d like to catch up with him since it's been so long since we last spoke.” Ivan wasn’t really asking, he wanted Till alone and he was charismatic enough to get what he wanted without question.
“Yeah of course. Bye Till.” Till gave a polite smile before turning back to Ivan.
“Follow me,” The two words struck Till by surprise as Ivan suddenly stood, his form towering over Till before he turned and walked back out of the changing room, shirt slung over his shoulder.
Till followed, unsure of what following him entailed but thrilled at the possibility of… Well I’m sure you can guess.
He was led under the now almost empty bleachers, there were a few people still lingering around but not many.
“Till, it’s been ages.” Ivan smiled.
Till gave an awkward smile back to Ivan, tilting his head up to look Ivan in the eyes.
“How’ve you been? Sorry I left so abruptly back when we were younger.” Ivan spoke calmly, as if the last conversation they’d had before Ivan left had never happened.
Till nodded, “Do you still…Y’know?”
Ivan feigned surprise for a moment before looking into Till’s eyes, the look was almost ravenous and it made a chill run down Till’s spine. “I like you, Till. I still do.”
Till face blushed, now he really didn’t know what to say.
“Fucking bastard.” He muttered, aggressively grabbing Ivan’s face and pulling him down into a kiss. It was painful, mostly teeth considering it was more like Till had just bashed their heads against each other instead of actually kissing him.
Ivan pulled away slightly before leaning back in, this time actually kissing Till. He seemed a lot more practised than Till was, maybe it had been a stupid idea to actually stay single the entire time while he tried to pretend he didn't still like Ivan. Because it was becoming clear Ivan had not done the same and their vast difference in experience was probably gonna become a problem.
“I like you too.” Till pulled away to pant on, tucking his head into Ivan’s muscular chest.
“Boyfriends?” Ivan asked simply, gaining a hit to the side from Till.
“Boyfriends.” Till repeated despite his annoyance.
They were somehow able to keep their relationship a secret all the way until their last year of high school where Ivan suddenly became less willing to withhold his love during school hours.
Small kisses in the halls when Ivan thought no one was watching, getting physically closer with arms around Till's shoulders drifting further down.
By the time Till noticed what was going on he was getting questions from people about their relationship, he was somehow able to play off their questions without a yes or no answer.
He just needed to keep it secret until he could talk to Ivan about it. Luckily he didn't have to wait long as the next time he was going to see Ivan outside of school was 2 days later.
“We need to talk.” We're the first words Till said when he and Ivan were alone in Till's bedroom.
Ivan's eyes filled up with tears immediately, walking over to Till's bed and sitting down, looking up at Till with puppy dog eyes.
“No, I'm not breaking up with you.” Till specified, interlocking fingers with Ivan and pulling him into a hug.
“What's up then?” Ivan's eyes were still teary as he rested his head against Till's bicep.
“You're being too obvious about it in public. People are asking questions and we can either keep denying them which will begin to get hard, or… We could go public?” Till spoke softly.
Ivan looked up with stars in his eyes, his head nodding vigorously. Ivan had mentioned going public many times over the years but Till had always said it was too early.
They came out through a shared instagram post of photos of their memories together across the year along with a photo Ivan had snuck in that he had taken a few minutes ago where Till was stressing about what to post.
They also changed their bios on all their socials to the date they had first gotten together. It was corny and cheesy but who could fault them.
The next day quite a lot of people asked questions about it and it felt freeing to be able to tell the truth about it after so many years of having to lie.
Ivan was offered a sports scholarship to a good university. Originally he wasn't going to take it because he didn't want to be separated from Till but Till was able to get accepted to learn chemistry there.
It was lucky that he was able to get in as he didn't want to restrict Ivan from continuing doing what he enjoyed.
Despite Ivan's large frame it would be a surprise for their friends to know that Ivan was submissive when it came to being in bed together.
That was one of the best things about them being able to go to the same university as each other, sharing a room day and night with no other interruptions meant they had free reign of each other.
Occasionally they couldn’t hold themselves back until they reached their room.
Till stayed back in the lab one day, keeping in contact with Ivan as Ivan finished his classes. The sun had just finished setting below the horizon when Ivan entered the lab, a smile on his face.
“Hey Ivan.” Till said, turning his head back to flash a quick smile to Ivan before turning back to his work.
Ivan hummed in response, walking over and wrapping his arms around Till’s waist. Ivan whined, “Tilll.”
“Wait a few minutes while I finish this.” Till said quickly, not turning around to face his needy boyfriend.
Ivan’s arms slipped away from around Till’s waist and he felt the warmth radiating from Ivan move further away. Still he continued working with a slight roll of his eyes and a small smirk staying on his lips.
When he finished and turned around he saw that Ivan had sat on top of an empty counter, legs and arms crossed.
“Come on Ivan.” Till took off the goggles and apron he had been wearing before approaching Ivan, placing his hands on Ivan's waist and spreading his legs apart.
Till brought one hand down to gently rub against Ivan's crotch and used the other to push Ivan to lay on his back on the counter.
A small whine fell from Ivan's lips as Till pulled Ivan's trousers and underwear down and let them pool around his ankles.
Lowering himself down to his knees Till placed an experimental lick onto Ivan's tip, causing a suppressed moan to fall from Ivan's lips.
Of course Till knew exactly what Ivan liked, immediately taking Ivan's entire length into his mouth, bobbing his head up and down.
Ivan's fingers intertwined between grey locks of hair, assisting the movement of Till's head before taking over the movement entirely. He never lasted long, bursting his load into Till's mouth with a loud moan.
“You need to be quiet, the building isn't entirely empty even if this section is right now we don't know how long that will last.” Till reprimanded, swallowing deeply and wiping his mouth off.
Through heavy breaths Ivan agreed, tilting his head up and opening a single eye to watch as Till dropped his own underwear, giving his slowly hardening cock a couple of strokes before gently beginning to push inside of Ivan.
The last time they had fucked was less than 24 hours ago and spontaneous fuck session were often planned prior by Ivan, so he knew Ivan would have stretched himself already to prepare for this.
He slipped in easily enough, his breath hitching as he pulled out again before slamming his hips back against Ivan's.
His knees shook beneath him as he quickened his pace, Ivan's loud breaths and barely contained moans keeping him going and pushing him on to go deeper.
Ivan's cock spilled with a small amount of pre-cum, that didn't go unnoticed by Till, pulling his finger across the slit of Ivan's cock and reaching it up to his mouth, and licking it off with a smile. Ivan let out a long whimper as Till wrapped his hand around Ivan's cock entirely and began to stroke it.
Unconsciously Ivan began to clench slightly around Till's cock as he got closer to release.
A few more thrusts later Ivan released, ropes of cum spreading across his stomach. Ivan's hole tightened around Till's cock even more and only a few thrusts later he released inside of Ivan.
Deep breaths came from both of them as Till pulled out and leant down against Ivan's, pulling the taller man into his arms.
Over half a decade later they were still together, Ivan had stopped soccer many years ago and they both had stable careers.
They shared a mortgage over a house, had lived together for many years and they were in the process of trying to adopt a little girl.
One day all of that changed… ALIENS.
Aliens touched down on Earth and conquered humanity, it seems like a cliche. Life was going perfectly for the two of them then BOOM Aliens of all things appeared and ripped their life to shreds.
In reality the government was already falling apart a while before the aliens arrived, the government paying people to keep their mouths shut about aliens in their backyard was the last straw for most people.
People started trying to find out where the aliens were and deciding they wanted aliens to rule over the world instead of their current government.
Ivan and Till had apparently become a target for the aliens as only a few days later they had been kidnapped from their home and taken back to the university.
Nothing was sure about what was going to happen to them as there was a slight language barrier between them and the aliens.
Ivan was scared, terrified even. Till tried to stay strong because despite how Ivan normally acted he couldn’t stay strong this time as his brain couldn’t comprehend the countless possibilities of what could happen to them.
Till didn’t want to sleep while Ivan was awake, he didn’t trust Ivan alone right now because he knew Ivan wasn’t in a good mental state.
Except one night he struggled to stay awake, he hadn’t slept in a while because neither had Ivan, but he couldn’t do that anymore.
When he woke up Ivan wasn’t next to him, there were pillows on either side of his head which restricted his hearing. The first thing he saw when he sat up was the body of an unconscious alien in front of him.
That scared him so he immediately began looking around for Ivan.
His eyes settled upon the man soon enough, head tilted slightly back, gun in his mouth.
“Ivan…” Till’s voice shook intensely.
Ivan’s head jolted forward and the gun fell out of his hands for a moment before he quickly scrambled to grab it again.
“I can’t do it anymore Till. I can’t live like this, I’m sorry.” His eyes filled with tears that quickly spilled over down his cheeks.
“Wait, Ivan!” Till began to move, if he could could get to Ivan before he pulled the trigger then-
BANG!
Ivan was dead. The walls behind him were covered in blood, the little left of Ivan’s lower jaw had blood dripping from it.
Till held Ivan close to his body, tears welled up so high they wouldn’t fall until he blinked. Then he broke down, screams tearing from his throat.
Except his biggest fear wasn’t living without Ivan. It was the fear of knowing Ivan died in front of him without him helping and now he was going to live on without the love of his life.
So with shaking hands he picked up the blood splattered gun from Ivan’s hands.
As he raised it up to his temple the door slammed open and guards rushed in. Before they could stop him-
BANG!
And suddenly everything was silent, and they would be together again.