Matthieu slowly let Oliver slip from his hands. The Englishman dusted himself off and looked up at him.

"Have you had a change of heart on whose side you would like to be on?" Oliver asked unsurely, and yet with a grin starting to appear on his lips.

There was absolutely no response, verbal or physical, from Matthieu. Just a stare.

"Matthieu... What are you doing?" Arthur spoked quietly.

No response.

"Well then." Oliver turned around, and Arthur realized that he was still tied to a chair and essentially alone with an unrestrained madman. Who had just pulled his knife from the table he'd thrown it into earlier. And was not now stolling in his direction. "It seems this little chat will go uninterrupted, then."

Arthur trembled, his heart racing.

"M- Matthieu! Allen! God damnit- Alfred! Francis! Oh, fuck- Matthew!" He started to shout out every possible person he could think to help him as he struggled against his bindings. "Flying mint bunny?! Anyone!" Oliver was standing right in front of him. He reached out and put his still bloodied hand over his mouth, quieting him.

Arthur could smell the blood and sugar on Oliver as he came within inches of his face.

He closed his eyes and trembled as he listened as Oliver started to hum to himself.

Okay so for the record, I don't like to think of Arthur EVER being reduced to a sniveling baby. I think he's a gentlemen, but also pretty tough if he needs to be. BUT as was done in the first couple chapters, these 2p!s freak him out and are like the one thing that can tear him down like that. I mean, Oliver is supposed (in my view) to be the personification of all the terrible things Arthur is afraid of himself being. As far as that headcanon goes, Oliver is a person Arthur knows he could be, but would never, ever want to be. Someone he was on the brink of being at many different points in time, but narrowly escaped becoming. Ugh angst.

Lol Sorry that was a little deep. But sometimes I get like that.

Anyone else think Oliver's a little done with everyone around him? I do.

OH and the song I imagine him humming is called 'I can't decide' by the Scissor Sisters. You should totally look it up. I didn't pair him with the song, but there's an amv on youtube for Oliver and the song if you're interested.

AND GUESS WHAT. THIS HAS 3000 VIEWS AS OF TODAY.

I don't think I will ever be able to express how much that means to me, you guys seriously are the best thank you ;)