"Do I love you?"
Skye stared into the mirror, her reflection floating back at her on the soft glow of the candles that offered the sole illumination of the room. Blinking, she tried to focus her gaze. Once. Twice. Three times. No. Nothing changed. It all remained the same. The hurt. The pain. The emptiness.
"How can I ever stop loving you?"
Clutching at the band of gold she held in her sweaty palms, Skye sighed. So much had happened. So much had changed. Where had all of it come from? And more importantly, where would all of it go? She knew the answer to at least one of those questions. All of it had gone... with him. Her warmth. Her happiness. Her sense of safety.
"You're gone, and I can't say good-bye."
How could life be so cruel? How could it let her get this close to happiness. She had been so close, it had been in her grasp. It had been in her clutches, and Skye had known what other people had told her she would never experience, but she had finally found with him. She had been happy, but only for a day. One single day. A mere twenty-four hours in the span of her life, had Skye been truly content.
"It's not fair. It's not fair at all. Why did you have to leave me? Why did you have to leave me now? Why couldn't you have left me sooner rather than later? Why couldn't you have left me before I believed in you, before I trusted you, before I loved you, before I gave you my heart and married you?"
Raising the gold band into the air, Skye looked at the scratched wedding ring. It was ruined, just like she was. Perfect for only the twenty-four hours Skye had ever been truly happy, now it was in just as twisted state physically as it's owner was mentally and spirtually.
"For one brief moment, we were perfection, my love. For the span of a heartbeat, you and I were one, and I'll never let that go. No matter what happens, that is something I will always keep with me... alive in me for, both of us."
Turning around, Skye looked at the still body that sat in perfect stillness in the silent room. Bending down next to him, Skye felt tears sting her eyes. As they rolled down her cheeks, Skye nodded to herself. Sniffling, she quickly brushed away the tears. She owed him that much at least. Reaching out for his cold hand, Skye clasped it in hers and held it near her heart. Icy to her touch, Skye lamented for all that had been and now all that would never be, lost in the blink of an eye.
"I love you, Jax. Always. Through time and beyond, I love you."