I wrote some story about Alex with a broken leg gaining some weight. There's only 3 parts so far, you'll see 'em pop up while I'm uploading all this Stardew stuff...

Alex sat on his bed fruitlessly poking at the inside of his cast, trying to reach an itchy spot on his leg but the pen he was using was just too short. He hurled the pen across his bedroom in a huff. He was frustrated and bored and still just could not believe he’d broken his leg right at the start of the season. There was a light knock on the other side of his bedroom door, he recognized it as his grandmother.

“Alex, honey? Are you decent?” Evelyn called out.

“Yeah, Gram!” Alex shook his head.

The knob turned and the door opened. “You have a visitor.” She said, stepping to the side and letting the guest pass.

“Shane?” Alex asked surprised as the portly fellow stepped into his room holding a tray of something wrapped in tin foil. “What are you doing here?”

Shane turned toward Evelyn as she closed the door behind him then back to Alex. “Uhhh… Noah made some chocolates for ya…” Shane gestured with the tray, searching the room for a place to put it down “Thought it’d make ya feel better.”

“Oh, thanks… that’s really nice.” Alex pointed to the nightstand beside his bed and Shane began lumbering over to it, carefully stepping over the weights on the floor. “Sorry… I didn’t have a chance to pick those up before…” Alex patted his cast with his hand then sighed “I haven’t really had anyone over and it’s not like Grandma and Grandpa can pick them up…”

Shane placed the tray of chocolates down on the nightstand “It’s okay, I can get ‘em.” Before Alex could protest Shane bent down and began picking up the weights and moving them to the corner of the room.

“Woah…” Alex said “You’re… a lot stronger than you look…”

“Thanks?” Shane said with uncertainty.

“Sorry… that… didn’t come out right.”

“It’s okay…” Shane said, placing a hand on his belly and giving it a gentle pat “It’s been a long time since my gridball days, I may have… put on a few pounds.”

“You… used to play gridball??” Alex asked, trying and failing to hide the sound of his disbelief.

“Yeah sure, back in college.” Shane said, pointing up to the trophy sitting on the shelf above Alex’s bed. “I’ve got one of those too.”

Alex couldn’t help but wonder how someone fit enough to earn that trophy could possibly have let themselves go the way Shane had. The itch in his leg returned and he let out a mild groan. “Hey, Shane can you reach the ruler at the back of my shelf? I’ve got an awful itch under this cast and I just can’t reach it.”

“No problem.” Shane said, stepping over to the bed and peering over the shelf. The dust covered ruler was near the opposite side of the shelf, as he reached over for it his midscection brushed up on Alex’s face.

Alex placed a hand on Shane’s belly, feeling the soft fat yield to his fingers. 'Geez…’ He thought “This thing is huge…I’d never let myself get fat like this… maybe once I’m out of this cast, I should stop by the farm and try to help him lose some of this weight…’

“Sorry, I almost got it!” Shane grunted. With a huff he used the wall to push himself back away from the shelf, breathing heavy as if leaning had taken a lot of effort. He handed the ruler over to Alex who was still gazing at Shane’s middle. Shane cleared his throat and pulled his shirt down a little. “Anyway… I gotta get going but enjoy the chocolates. Let us know if you need anything.”

“Thanks.” Alex gave a timid wave as Shane disappeared behind the door and he was alone once again.

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