"What..?"
Sven and Burt pulled away from each other, staring into each other's eyes.
"Sven, I..."
"Burt... You... Love me..?" Sven whispered.
"O-Of c-c-c-course not! I-I-I mean, I-I-I l-love you p-p-platonically, o-o-of co-course!" Burt stammered.
Sven looked away.
Of course... Just platonically...
"Right..."
"Yeah..."
They both looked away from each other, feet shuffling and hands fumbling.
It was so uncomfortable...
It felt like minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years...
He doesn't love me...
Our chances are gone.
We're just friends...
Just... Friends...
He loves me... But just platonically...
We're just friends...
Carol was wrong...
Hat Girl was wrong...
Melody was wrong...
Everyone was wrong...
I was wrong...
My anxiety was right...
I hate myself...
I can't do this...
He doesn't love me...
We're just friends...
Idiot...
Sven almost started to cry when he felt someone's hand on his own.
He traced his gaze up their arm to their face.
Burt.
"Actually, Sven..." he mumbled. "I need to tell you... The truth..."
Well, spit it out then. This couldn't get any worse for me...
"I've been keeping this secret from you for far too long."
Burt used his other, free hand to gently grasp Sven's torso and pull him closer.
"I..." He looked away, as if ashamed.
"I know you're the chief... And... I'm just the head of communications, but..." he began again sheepishly, then looked Sven right in the eyes. "I love you, Sven... I... I loved you from the start. I took one look, and..."
Burt's orange-brown eyes sparkled and glimmered, making Sven's heart beat rapidly.
"I fell in love with you," the head of communications whispered.
No way...
He shifted his hands over Sven's shoulders, gazing at him.
Sven's icy blue eyes and Burt's warm brown eyes met and mixed immediately.
"And I know that... I threw our chances away..." Burt muttered. "But... At least know that... I loved you all this time... And even when the world's ending, I'll still love you. For now and for eternity. I love you, not anyone else. I'll love you forever. I know we can never be together, but I... I don't care. You're my true love, Sven. I need you. I don't know if I'd still be here without you. I need you and I always have."
He raised the Swede's hand and intertwined their fingers, locking them in place.
"I'll never stop loving you, Sven. Never. You're the one person I love, I need, I crave... And... I'm addicted... So please... Just once... Tell me you love me... Just once... It's all I ask for... Tell me you love me, even if you don't..."
Tears bubbled in Sven's eyes and threatened to fall.
"Sv-Sven? Sir? A-A-Are you alright-"
"Till döden skiljer oss åt, Burt," Sven interrupted and gripped Burt's jacket, pulling him down until their lips met.
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The New Toppat (Curtisson)
FanfictionThe government is on their tail. Sven's so overworked and stressed, and nothing can help him. Everybody's assuring him but none are getting to him. He believes that it's all his fault because he failed to be the leader they thought he would be. He i...
