Fuck.
Barty stepped carefully around the rubble. He had one objective; find Evan, and get the fuck out. That was the plan. It was always the plan.
The air was dark and stuffy with smoke and debris flying around from the previous battle. Barty could barely see past a few meters away. He kept his hand on his wand in his pocket and his hood up; if he was spotted, he was as good as dead.
He walked for a while and that’s when he saw him.
Evan
Unmistakable bleach blond hair contrasting dark skin. Piercing blue eyes staring back at him. Not with the usual sparkle they adopted when he saw Barty. They were dull, lifeless, dead.
Barty ran and all but crumbled beside his friend. It seemed like such a distant word now. After all the stolen kisses, fragile promises, and irrevocable moments shared that they would take to the grave.
Seems that came sooner for one of them that they thought.
Barty slapped Evan as if to wake him; though he knew, deep down, he never would. He didn’t realize he’d started crying until he felt his tears burning hot against his cheeks and saw them falling on Evan’s perfect, lifeless skin.
“Please- please Rosie…” he begged through his tears. The manic nature of his words only increasing by the second. He let out a wail. He pleaded to a God he’s stopped believing in long ago, if only to bring the one he loved back. Just one more kiss. One last time.
Evan’s face sported a deep scar just across his cheek all the way down to his lips. Barty wiped the blood off them gently, as if scared to wake him. His fingers lingered on Evan’s lips; ones he would never feel pressed against his again.
He cradled the corpse in his arms and buried his face in his neck. Hot tears poured down his face and wet Evan’s robes. He cried out like a wounded animal.
“Please, Evan- I can’t without you- please…”, who was Barty without Evan? It had always been them, though all good things come to an end.
“I love you-”, he choked out.
Barty never said those words aloud. They held a promise he was too scared to make. They say there’s a first time for everything. It’s a shame Evan never heard him.