Third-party pov
Present
The weird encounter with Alex had gotten the duo to work on their secrecy skills, but Alexander being himself knew they would do that, not that he had been planning on stopping them.
Over the past few years, they had gotten to accept themselves and Alex was happy for them just like Lia was. It was weird at first for the both of them considering the count of women that Ryan kept going out with. But he had defended himself and insisted that he wasn't ready for it yet. He wasn't ready for the whole world to now he was a closeted gay.
Dylan on the other hand had no reason to hide, which is why he always said in his interviews that he had someone special in his life. Even when the interviews were tense, he would never disclose Ryan's identity. Not because he couldn't but because he wanted his boyfriend to come out by himself. In the same way, he was not ready for Ryan to introduce him to the Garners.
