Sweetest Sin (Dutch Van Der Linde Fanfic)

Epilogue 2 - Life with you

Seems like the game but with my time skip
Enjoy! 💞💞✨

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Tiffany's POV

Everyday

I miss you, Dutch so very much. You were the first man I fell in love with, you were the only one I wanted...,our life we had, our two children: it was a blessing...you were a blessing and you forever will be in my heart. There was a moment where I wanted nothing more than to join you, because my pain and grief without you here with me was too much to bare.

I hardly recognized myself...for that moment, I didn't care about anything else but being with you in death...

It's very selfish, because I didn't think about our two children and what kind of world I'd be leaving them in all alone..not to mention my little sister Nora and John, our farm animals and of course...Arthur

Tifa sighed to herself upon mentioning his name

Arthur...

Dutch, he is so wonderful...my damaged heart feels lighter whenever he's around us. He's always there for our kids and me...just like you were...it's been a year and a half already...and we've been a family.

He saved me...when I did that stupid thing...and I won't forget that

Tifa went to lean on her knees in front of her husbands urn, tracing her fingers over his name

I swore to myself I would never fall in love with another man that there was only you and for the longest time that remained true but...

I have something to tell you, Dutch...me and Arthur...well we...we eventually found something special with one another...and I think I'm in love with him...he makes me feel something strange..it's a good strange..but he is not you...I know this

Arthur has been so patient with me like abnormally patient... he says

Take all the time you need...

I ain't going no where...

Not once has he shown impatience toward my feelings...where I feel after so many years a regular person would get fed up with waiting...

But not him...

He has loved me for so long...waited for me for so long when he could have just left this behind when he saw me with you but he didn't...

But then I wonder...is this...any of this right? My growing affection for Arthur is getting more intense and I...want him...but am I allowed this? Arthur isn't a stranger he's been my friend for years since the gang was together for a time.

Me and you are supposed to be bound together by our love to one another: will you be happy for me even though you're no longer here? And another man, whom you trust is?

No longer the one to hold me? To kiss me? Protect me?

The joy you brought to me Dutch will never ever be forgotten just like my love for you will always be burning bright even though it's sealed

I may be living my life as best as I am able...but buried deep down...I know I am still waiting to be with you...
So...Until we meet again, my Dutch

I love you always

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Tifa gently kissed her fingers and moved them to the urn gently and started to move her wedding rings off of her finger slowly