The Missing Pieces (Don't Read in the Closet Events)

Dear Author,
We’ve been friends for as long as we can remember, but time and misunderstandings have meant that it’s been almost a decade since we last spoke. It wasn’t until our other best friend, our third Musketeer died and left her daughter to us to raise, together, that we saw each other again. What separated us and where do we go from here?

Photo Description:
The photo appears to be a posed studio portrait. The man on the left wears a suit and tie, and has dark curly hair. His smile is slightly goofy and a little wistful. The smiling man on the right has on a patterned casual shirt and his arm is draped across the other man’s shoulders. He is dark blond, with a narrow moustache and trimmed beard. In front of them, a young teenage girl smiles widely, her long reddish-brown hair pulled up and allowed to fall around her shoulders.

This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's " Love Has No Boundaries " event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.