[ It's good. Alfie tells him, again and again and again, and Royce believes it. This is different. Alfie represents a whole lot of important people all compressed into one and Royce doesn't know what he'll do when he loses it.
He's raw and ripped through, but he tries words anyway. ]
Love you. [ That's what he can manage. It's a lot, and it's weak and he's a little scared to say it out loud (because what if it means Alfie dies, like everything Royce loves), but it's true enough. ]
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He's raw and ripped through, but he tries words anyway. ]
Love you. [ That's what he can manage. It's a lot, and it's weak and he's a little scared to say it out loud (because what if it means Alfie dies, like everything Royce loves), but it's true enough. ]