Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ~ Oscar Wilde
He walked towards the building, knowing what he may leave behind. He pulled his arms up. Hearing his girlfriend scream was heartbreaking. He wished he could embrace her one more time. Feeling the warmth of her body. Remembering how their hands interlocked just before they stepped out Garcia's trailer. he was obliged to do this. For his partner.
They killed his partner, he killed their brother. He knew there wasn't anything that stopped them from killing him. He was prepared for the worse. Despair hit him. He wondered if it's ultimately the best thing he could do. But he knew that if he had to, he was ready to give up his own life to save these others.
Once he was inside he had to make sure to get everyone out save. After some talking he managed to get a woman and two kids out. Before he knew a gunshot went through the room. A shot of agony went through his shoulder. He could hear JJ scream from outside. He regained composure and tried to sit up.
She knew after the death of her sister she had build barriers around herself. She knew he was the only one who could help her break it down. She never talked about it but she was planning on soon. If there would be a soon for them. She remembered how her sister came into her room and how she sat on her bed. Her sister gave her a necklace. Every little sister loved to get something from their bigger sister and so did JJ.
She now blames herself for not seeing why her sister gave it to her. Her sister gave it to her as a goodbye. She never really processed her sisters goodbye. She just bottled it up. She knew she had to face her insurmountable loss. Of course she thought about her sister a lot. How life would have been if she had still been here. What different choices she would have made.
JJ heard the shot. She screamed ran towards the building and before she knew everyone came walking out. The swat team helping. As last Will came out. JJ hugged him and they walked away from the building. The next second they heard a loud bang. Glass shattered around them. JJ and Will felt themselves being pushed forward of the heat and the blast. Falling down on the ground.
Will reached for JJ's hand. He bit his lip and tightened his fingers into hers. Another shiver shook him. His hand slipped away from hers. He felt his hand leaving hers. Trying to get her hand again, trying to interlock their fingers before he blacked out.
JJ got up slowly. Her head pounded, her hands were covered in cuts from the glass. It was hard to see with all the smoke from the explosion. She saw Morgan talking to her but she couldn't hear him. All she heard was a hard, long beep. She looked around, worried. She tried to orientate on where she was. She tried to process what just happened. She looked on her left and her life tumbled down. Will way laying the on the ground. blood flooding from his shoulder. Emily and Hotch around him.
She remembered when she first talked to him, she was scared to kiss him. she didn't want to get hurt. When she first kissed him, she was scared to love him and now that she loves him, she's scared to lose him.
Slowly JJ came to sense and got her hearing back. She crawled to Will, she fell something falling on her hand. Tears, her tears. She didn't realize she was crying. She got his hand like he wanted to do. She needed him to know how much she loved him. She needed to tell him.
Paramedics came walking towards Will. JJ sat next to Will in trance. Her hand so tight around Will's but his hand lifeless in hers. His hand was cold and covered in little cut from the glass. He couldn't leave her. Henry couldn't grow up without a father. She just needed Will back, was that too much to ask for? All she wanted was to be a family. The light was fading and JJ blacked out next to Will. Their hands still interlocked but the grip loosened.
The team looked at the two of them in shock. Two people lying next to each other still hand in hand. They saw two people that loved each other so much and never let go of each other. They didn't deserve this.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. ~ Dr. Seuss