Blayne (Ash Narrates)

**Blayne** is the true main villain from a short story released by **Ash Narrates** on January 3, 2023.

Blayne is the boyfriend of Preston, though as the story's opening revealed, while Preston was out to everyone, Blayne was closeted, and he urged Preston to continue keeping their relationship and Blayne's sexual orientation a secret until he was ready. Later on, the couple was preparing for their date when Blayne informed Preston that his older brother, Cory, was joining them. As Preston revealed, Cory was a homophobic bully who often picked on Preston, who protested Cory's joining in on their fishing date, though Blayne stated that he couldn't disinvite him because he would suspect something.

Blayne promised to divert the subject if Cory got out of hand; however, Preston lashed out at Blayne for his lack of a response to Cory's homophobic questions, as well as tossing Preston in the water to see "if gays could float." Blayne suggested a do-over and promised to set Cory straight if he got out of line; but later on, Preston scolded Blayne for actually leaving with Cory, with Blayne stating that Cory couldn't take it anymore and left. As a result, Preston was left in the woods by himself, with only Blayne telling him to find his way back, while voicing his concern.

As Blayne repeated his ordeal over being closeted, he mentioned his and Cory's older brother, Tony, who came out as a gay man and was ostracized by the family because of it. Their latest attempt at a date was kiboshed by Cory's early arrival from basketball practice, leading to Blayne telling Preston to sneak out through the bathroom window. Blayne continued promising that they would be out publicly as a couple, but two days later, Preston responded to Blayne's five missed calls by reminding him that Cory punched Preston for simply saying "hi" to him, with Cory believing that Preston was flirting. As Preston also revealed, Blayne turned heel during the attack by actually joining in on his brother's homophobic rant, though Blayne stated that he was protecting himself from his brother and actually told Preston to "tone it down" and "act less gay" around Cory.

Preston sarcastically agreed to Blayne's request and arranged a date at the aforementioned wooded area. Blayne arrived with a box of chocolates and followed the route that Preston left for him, but after not seeing Preston for a while, Blayne contacted Preston and asked for his whereabouts. Preston surprisingly revealed that he was at home watching *Jeopardy!*, while responding to Blayne's indignation over being left in the woods with an admission to the action, hinting that it was payback towards Blayne. Preston told Blayne to call Cory, with Blayne refusing and ordering Preston to pick him up, only to be met with refusal.

As Preston's closing narration revealed, Blayne finally found his way to the highway after seven hours, and when finally reached home, he was confronted by Cory, after which an angry Blayne finally came out to his family. His family was upset but they didn't kick him out, and as Preston revealed, the evil Blayne fabricated Tony and made up the story as part of his villainous plan to string Preston along. Blayne also came out to his friends that Monday at school, but they already knew because Cory told them. In addition, Preston also revealed that he passed out all of Blayne's text messages before school, and as a result, Blayne lost all of his friends, with Preston saying that it was Blayne's heel persona that caused him to be ostracized, not his sexual orientation.