A/N: For 52 Weeks of Writing (abuse, money), Slash/Femmslash BC (damage). Also, for Paula who requested gay!Dudley with the prompt bullies.
He's your best mate, your partner in crime. Together, you're unstoppable, abusing the neighborhood kids and stealing their lunch money even though you both have more than enough. With Piers, you feel powerful, untouchable. You are something to be feared.
He's everything to you. Everything.
But you can't tell him that. You can't come forward and say those three little words that threaten to choke you every time they stick in your throat.
You can't love him because you know how a bully's mind works. If you let those three words pass between your lips, you'll damage the perfect little life you've built. If you try to love him, he will turn on you, and you will become just another victim on a very long list.