❛ why won’t you ever tell me that you love me? ❜ -Poe 👀
To say he was never expecting Poe to think of such a question was an understatement. To say he never expected Poe to ask such a question was also a colossal understatement. One in all honesty didn’t know where to even begin, so he stared towards the ground, tongue pressed into his cheek in thought. Poe was… Poe. Poe was his best friend. Poe was always by his side. Poe made his heart pitter-patter with just that smile. Poe was… Poe was the first person he could see himself genuinely happily spending his whole life with. Poe… he really did love Poe. Yet… why couldn’t he say those words? The fear. Not even for his own safety, but for Poe’s. The fear of his father finding out. The fear of Poe being destroyed because of him. The fear of losing having the other by his side. The fear of what cruel things people would do to Poe. The fear that his own love for the android would destroy him. “I can’t.” He finally speaks, shaking his head and looking over at him. “Those words are to dangerous.” He’d vowed to keep Poe safe no matter what, and if keeping his heart hidden was what would keep him safe well, One was prepared to do it. If he had to keep pretending Poe was nothing but a friend he would. All just to keep Poe safe by his side. All just to keep his fathers hands off of the other. One would do anything.















