Clustin

Clustin is the family ship between Clay Jensen and Justin Foley from the 13 Reasons Why fandom.

Canon
At first, the two didn't get along, during Hannah's death their relationship towards one another was rocky as both of them were subjects on the cassette tapes Hannah Baker left behind. With Clay hearing Justin's mistake of sending an upskirt photo of Hannah around the school and covering the rape of his girlfriend at the time, Jessica Davis. At the end of Season 2, Clay's parents adopt Justin due to his abusive home situation.

Season 1
Clay sees the memorial at Hannah's locker as the bell rung, he approaches near her locker until Justin abruptly asks Clay if he's looking for anything, Clay tells Justin that why would he be looking for anything. Clay asks if Justin even knew what his name was, and Justin immediately responds by telling him he does and he isn't innocent, referring to Clay's mistake on the tapes.

During the listening of Hannah's tapes, Clay goes to a liquor store where he encounters Bryce. Bryce then buys Clay a beer, heading out Justin calls out Clay to drink with the rest of the group that included Bryce, Zach, Montgomery, and Alex. Clay declines at first but then Justin leads him to the group in order to have a drinking contest with Alex. After listening to Tape 5, Clay takes Courtney to Hannah's grave and they have a discussion on her sexuality at one point Clay makes Courtney visibly upset. Their discussion is then passed to those who were on the tapes, and on the way home Justin, Zach, and Alex take Clay's bike, and Justin forces Clay to get in the car. The car then speeds in order to 'teach' Clay a lesson, during the ride Justin tells Clay to stop messing with people.

When learning about Jessica's rape at her party, Clay demands Justin to tell Jessica the truth. Justin tells Clay that there was nothing to worry about, however, Clay worries about Jessica's mentality is getting worse. Justin then tells Clay that Hannah was lying. Later, Justin reveals the truth to Jessica.

Season 4
Justin is shown to be with flu-like symptoms which worry Clay at first before going to prom, Justin tells Clay not to worry and to go to prom. Eventually, Justin goes to prom, he dances with Jessica but at some point, during the dance, he collapses and is rushed to the hospital. A week later Justin is diagnosed to have AIDS. Every day that passes on Justin's condition worsens, Justin and Clay's last talk is purely heartbreaking as Clay thanks Justin for being there for him and saving him and tells Justin that he loves him. Justin tells Clay that he loves him as well, Clay asks if Justin is afraid of dying and to his answer, he tells Clay yes. Justin tearfully asks Clay to hold his hand. During Justin's final days he is visited by many others, he later dies with Clay and his adoptive parents by his side as they mourn his death.

Fanon
Ironically it's the most popular bromance in the entire show, many fans began shipping the two since season one. During season two, Justin is adopted by the Jensens, most fans stopped shipping the two romantically and viewed it more familial as Clay and Justin were now adoptive brothers. However, there were still those who shipped them romantically. At Justin and Clay's final talk it broke many fans hearts, believing it was cruel and unnecessary to kill off Justin due to Clay's mental health, and as well as Justin finally recovering from drugs.

Fandom
FAN FICTION