Whatever you do, please don't make it a Ryden. God knows there are enough of those already. Anyways, I have a couple suggestions.
1. Ryan runs away (unlikely, but interesting)
2. Brendon flips out and places Ryan under house arrest until he gets better (stupid of him, but interesting)
3. Ryan does end up killing himself (opt-out if you're really idea lacking).
-Allie
Author's response
It's not going to be so Ryden-ish. It's just a 'I care so much about you, so don't you dare continue like this' kind of relationship. Many hugs, cause Brenny is just like that, and everything else best friends do. But no real romance in it. And those are good ideas for another story I'm working on with a similar but more intense scenario. Thankies hun! :)