"You're safe, you can cry with me"

No one seemed to understand that Clarke was human. Everyone expected her to be the strong leader capable of making the hard choices. She was the leader of the hundred, the leader of the Ark survivors. She was half of the people who had pulled the lever at Mount Weather. She had to show her strength and power, not her weaknesses. She took the burden so no one else had to. But still, she was only human, and no one seemed to understand that.

Except one person.

Bellamy understood that she needed someone to understand her. To let her be emotional around. When they were alone, he let her scream, cry, or show any emotion people didn't understand that she needed to release.

When they first did this, she had broken down in a secluded corner of Arkadia, crying. When she say Bellamy, she tried to make herself presentable, but Bellamy was already hugging her.

"You're safe, you can cry with me," he said.

This particular time was after a meeting with the Grounders. She was trying to stop the inevitable war between their people, and someone had brought up Lexa's name. She had pent up her feelings and need to cry over her lost love and put on an emotionless facade, only to immediately break down in Bellamy's room after.

"It's not fair! Why was she taken? It should have been me, not her!" she cried. The two were sitting in the floor, Clarke in his arms. Bellamy felt his emotions flying.

'Stop,' he thought to himself, 'She crying over her dead girlfriend, you can't do this to her right now.'

"Clarke, don't say that. Without you, our people would be lost. I promise you, it'll get better," he said, rocking her in his arms.

"No, it won't, because I'll leave be able to forget her! She's dead, but I love her. I still and always will love her," she cried.

Each time she said that she loved her, a small stab of pain went through his heart, but Bellamy pushed it down. She didn't love him now, but he'd play the long game and wait for her. For now, he'd just comfort her on her loss and help her move on until she was ready. When she was, he'd be right there waiting for her.

Short but sweet I hope