"What are you doing here?" Alex asked, frowning at the redhead.

"I'm giving you one more chance," Sean whispered. It was clear that the redhead had been crying a lot, and Alex's heart broke just a little bit more watching him sit there. "One more chance to admit that you love me, one more chance to take me back and start over."

"I can't." Alex shook his head. "You know I can't."

"No, I don't." Sean gulped, standing up and walking over to Alex. "You love me enough to jump off of a satellite dish just to get me to save my own life. You love me enough to die to save me, so I have to believe that you would never, ever hurt me."

"Not on purpose." Alex nodded. "But I can't speak for my powers, they…they have a mind of their own, I can't make them stop."

"Yes, you can." Sean reached out, placing his hand on Alex's chest. "You can control this, Alex. It's a part of you, you're not a part of it, and that means that you can get in there and tell it who's boss. Your mutation needs to learn to live with you, not you with it."

"Well maybe that's just not possible." Alex shook his head.

"It has to be," Sean whispered. "Because I can't imagine a world where you and I aren't together, and if I can see that, for the first time in my life, there's someone I belong with, I have to believe that there's a way."

"And I'm telling you there's not."

"No, you're telling me that it's hard." Sean took a deep breath. "And it is, we'll have to do a lot of work to get you strong enough to be in complete control all of the time, but it's not impossible, Alex…with us, nothing is. Your emotions control your powers, and if you love me enough, you won't let them hurt me."

"How do you know that I love you enough?" Alex asked softly.

"Because." Sean shrugged. "You leapt to almost certain death for me."

"Oh." Alex bit his lip. It was hard to refute the things that the other boy was saying when every single one of them was dead on. "I just…I can't…I can't hurt you."

"So don't." Sean took another step forwards. "But right now, you're killing me, Alex. I can't live without you. I know that's clingy, but it's true. I'm in love with you, and I know you're in love with me. I need you to tap into your power, to your strength, and admit that to yourself, because if you love me enough and if you can admit that to yourself, you're not going to have any problems with your power."

"How are you so confident?" Alex asked.

"I'm confident because I believe in us," Sean stated. "And because I'd rather die by your side then live a thousand years without you. I told you that I don't care if your powers kill me, and that was true. I have to be with you, Alex, and I don't think that you'll hurt me, but if you do, it was worth to have gotten to say I really had love."

"I don't understand…" Alex frowned, trailing off.

"You don't have to," Sean whispered. "Just know that I love you and it's going to be okay." He leaned up, kissing Alex softly on the lips.

"I love you too," Alex whispered, pulling back from the kiss. He reached out, putting his hand on Sean's cheek, wiping away some of the tears. "But I would never be able to forgive myself if I killed you."

"So don't kill me," Sean stated. "I know that if you think about it, you can control it…and while you're working on that, we'll just keep it tame okay?" He tilted his head to the side. "We can wait to get hot and heavy until you're more comfortable with your powers."

"You're…not going to let me say no, are you." Alex bit his lip. He was truly touched by Sean's gestures, but he wanted the boy to be safe more than anything, and he wasn't sure that he could imagine Sean ever being safe while they were dating.

"No." Sean shook his head. "I'm not. It's you and I, Alex. We're meant to be together, and we're going to figure out everything that needs to be figured out to make that work."

"You really do believe in us, don't you," Alex whispered.

"More than I've ever believed in anything." Sean nodded.

"Okay." Alex sighed, giving in to the other boy and to everything that he wanted. "Alright. I'm not strong enough to say no to you anymore. I love you too much."

"I know." Sean nodded, leaning in and kissing Alex again. "I love you too." Both boys knew that it was going to be difficult, but if they were willing to give it their all, they would find a way to keep their love – and both of them – alive.


A/N This is the end! Thanks for reading! I am going to have more oneshots up soon, maybe some more chapter stuff with these two!