Request by @We-are-meanttobe
Shout out to this super nice person I hope I make you proud
We hid, the secret was fun. But then It got serious, what started as secret fling turned into something serious. Something that couldn't happen because of society. We both fell so hard. We fell to new depths of love. Love that we weren't allowed to have. Just because we are both male we can't love each other in the way we do. So we adapted, kept our secret. Secret letters disguised as something else. Small gifts here and there. We kept our love a secret.
But as all secrets go they start to hurt. That's how I felt, hurt. Hurt That we had to keep our secret. So I decided to prove my love to John. I knew that he would be in South Carolina to clear out the remaining redcoats. I would come down from New York to surprise him, prove how dedicated I was to him.
After some research I found out where John was posted. I was so exited to see him. It had been so long since we last held each other. I made my way to the Combahee River where there were sightings of redcoats. Then I saw him. His freckled face flushed from fighting, his hair dishevelled from the wind. I smile at how handsome he is. What I did do get him to love me, I don't know.
I approach the river to get a better view of what was going on, then all of a sudden I see a redcoats sneaking up to John. My world stops. I spring out from my hiding spot, I sprint over the battle field, almost tripping over discarded bayonets.
"JOHN" I call out trying to warn him, but he doesn't hear me, his mind focused on the battle.
So I do something unimaginable, when I reach John I shove him out of the way, so that i was standing just where he was. The redcoat about to shoot John. The bullet hits me instead.
I feel it, the piercing pain, at firsts it's small, restricted to one place. Then it spreads, until all I feel is pain. Warm hands cup the back of head. I hear my name called, tears not my down falling onto my face.
"Y/n, no, you weren't supposed to be here. That was meant for me, no, you can't die on me" John sobs. His voice breaking.
I lift my hand up weakly, my fingers brushing his face softly.
"This isn't then end my love, we will see each other again" I say, then my world goes dark.
All that could be heard that day were the screams of a mourning man whose life had been spared at the cost of his lovers.
POV John many many years later
Your face plays in my mind everyday, I tell everyone I meet how amazing you where how one man saved my life out of pure selflessness. How I got to live my life, have a child, a wife. Even with my wife and child I never really fell out of love for you. My handsome lover. So here I am on my deathbed, I hear my family crying but I don't mind because I know I will see you soon. See you, yes that will make me happy.
I blink then one moment later I am in the clouds. The bright light blinding me. I hear my name called.
"John" calls out a kind voice
"Y/n" is that you.
Then I see you, just as handsome as ever, your smile that was always in my mind, is now in front of me.
POV Y/n
Finally he his here, my John.
"I have been waiting a long time, what took you so long" I tell him
"I had to live my life, the life you sacrificed yours for, I couldn't met what you did go to waste" John says, he walks over to me.
He places a gentle hand on my cheek. I lean into it. The he pulls me in, our lips meet and I feel complete after all this time. He pulls back.
"I love you so so much y/n, I always have and I always will, but why did you have to go and sacrifice yourself for me?" Johns ask.
I just smile at him and say;
"Because I love you too, I needed to prove myself to you, now after all this time I realise I didn't have to. But you do have to appreciate my flair for the dramatic" I say
He laughs at my comment.
"At least we now have eternity to love each other, now and forever" John says
"Now and forever" I say
A/n. I hope this was ok, it's very short but I thought the short kinda poetic style suited this. I hope I made you proud and worthy of your kind words @We-are-meanttobe
