Disclaimer: No. I do not own Gossip Girl. The title of the story and the title of this chapter is by Jason Reeves. His poetry is love.
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summary: a collection of chuck/blair drabbles for every episode.
1.
Pilot
your breath sets the edges of me burning
He leans against the wall, his glass of scotch in one hand (he's never without one), and watches her. She looks perfect (of course she does, she's Blair Waldorf) with her long brown hair and her porcelain skin and he wonders to himself how anyone can choose Serena over her (but he's Chuck Bass and he's learned a long time ago that his opinion is only second to Nathaniel's).
He's known about Serena and Nate for awhile (he knows everything) and for a moment, he wonders if he should tell her. If he does, she'll no longer be Nate's and maybe if he tries hard enough she can be his. But he doesn't. Because he can't afford to lose his best friend (he's all he has) not even for Blair Waldorf (she's worth losing Nathaniel, she's worth losing everything, he knows that but he tries not to).