Little Women: Redemption || Jo and Laurie ||

"I've loved you ever since I've known you, Jo, couldn't help it, you've been so good to me. I've tried to show it, but you wouldn't let me. Now I'm going to make you hear, and give me an answer, for I can't go on so any longer."
"I don't. I never wanted to make you care for me so, and I went away to keep you from it if I could."
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Laurie and Jo's relationship was complicated but was always platonic. That is, until Laurie went out of his way and confessed his love to Jo, who turned him down of course. They went on as Little Women reads, but what if it was different? If Jo did indeed have feelings toward him, just didn't know how to express it?