peak charmac is when charlie slips up in an argument and calls mac “ronnie” and for just a second all the complications wash away and they’re left standing inches apart with the knowledge that this is the person you stole candy from the corner shop with. this is the guy who was there beside you to throw rocks at trains when things sucked. the boy who kept threatening to beat up shawn demont with his super-awesome ninja skills when that asshole stole your bikes and the kid who bit that asshole teacher after she told you to stop demonstrating your super-awesome ninja skills during class. and then reality and time come rushing through the space between them like the icy water running off a mountaintop in spring because, of course, growing together means knowing exactly where to swing the axe to make it hurt the most