( *& ♔ broken crown ;;

“… I love you too, you know.”

“Yeah. Yeah, I– I do. So fucking much.”

“Nah. I got people worth staying for. A job, too. Mostly the people.”

“I know. I was scared, too. Remember? Last Christmas? You helped me then, and.., I’m helping you now. No matter what happens with Riley, I’ll be here. i always will be.”

“Listen, Oliver… I don’t know how you and Riley work, and I probably never will. But that girl– she loves you, too. I’d put all the money in the world on that. And… she makes you happy, Ol. Since you guys stopped talking, you’ve been fucking miserable – and it… it hurt, Oliver, to see you like that. To know you were hurting and I couldn’t do anything to help. And I thought– if you got over her, if you just let her be, you’d be fine. You’d get over it. You always have a habit of landing on your feet, after all. But… you can’t do that, not with her. I know you can’t. So please, get yourself a little faith. Because you’re going to go back to her apartment soon and you’re gonna tell her that you love her, and you’re finally gonna ask her to be your fucking girlfriend. And she’s gonna say she loves you too, and she’s gonna say yeah, she’d love to be your girlfriend. Okay?”

“… Why?”

“You didn’t want her to say she loved you too?”

“Did you want her to say anything?”

“Thanks for the reminder. Did she… say anything?”

“You told her you loved her?”

“Risotto isn’t even pasta, dickhead.”

“Y– what?”

“I always trust you, I’m just… you two don’t exactly have the best history. What happened last night?”

“I mean… are you sure you– I just want what’s best for you, Ol.”

“I mean… how’d it go?”

“You fucking what? I thought you two were done.”

“We both know I’m not gonna drop this until you tell me, so just tell me.”