Slight AU taking place at the end of 2x13 when Chuck shows up at Blair's penthouse.
"Chuck." She says, the hope in her eyes killing him. "What are you doing here?"
"I need to know why." He growls. She sighs and almost bursts into tears right there. She's exhausted. He's drunk. She can tell.
"Why what?" She asks, but she knows. She wants to hear him say it.
"Why you said you loved me."
"Because it's true." She tells him, exasperated. She makes an effort to reach out to him, but he pulls away. "Because I do."
"People like you don't end up with people like me." He starts to raise his voice. "People like you don't love me." She reaches out to him again, and this time he doesn't pull away. "No one loves me."
She looks up at him, tears running down his face. "That's not true. So many people love you if you'd let them in."
He pulls away sharply. "They'll hurt me like he did!"
"He loved you."
"I'm just like him."
"Chuck, you know that-"
"I know what? What Blair?" He yells. She finally lets the tears trace down her face. "I am hurting you right now! You're crying!"
"I'm crying because I care about you!" She exclaims. "I-I love you."
"I will never love anyone." He lies straight through his teeth. She chokes out a sob. "You wasted your time." He turns sharply and leaves, not daring to look back at the girl he loves so, so much. He broke her. He gets to the elevator and sinks to his knees. He swears he won't admit it to himself, that he loves her.
He drinks a bottle of scotch before throwing the bottle at the wall. Trying to drown his pain. Trying to drown his feelings.
It's worked so far.