Brendon gets kicked out of his house for being gay. He doesn't want the other members of the band to know so he hides it. He gets his own apartment, but has to work to afford it hobviously, and between work, school, not eating enough, the band and lol mental stress of being in love with Spencer and lying to his best friends, he gets sick and all is revealed. Spencer's family are horrified and let Brendon stay with them. bonus points for child abuse, too. why not?

Tony's life is almost perfect. He lives in a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), has a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things and a regular Friday night campaign. If his best friend, Steve Rogers, hadn't moved away to New York and left him behind, then perfection would've been achieved. Tony can roll with the punches though and he's almost all the way over that little bump in the road (shut up Bruce, he totally is) when Steve moves back, looking taller and broader and more confident than ever and Tony's left with a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things, a regular Friday night campaign and the uncomfortable realization that maybe he's in love with his best friend and has been since he was sixteen.