Hearing Brendan shouting out to everyone from the balcony and confessing to every murder he had committed made me feel sick inside my stomach, slowly and confidently naming his victims to the police made him sound like a monster but he was my monster that I love and frankly I could forgive all his flaws as no one is perfect
The sound of a gun firing came out of nowhere behind me as Brendan held out his gun at the police for a standoff, I tried to run to him but I was kept held back by a police officer, I finally broke free from the police officer and ran up the stairs of the club to Brendan, he'd slumped down on the floor from the shoots fired as he lay in a pool of his own blood
"Hold your fire" the detective inspector shouted into the megaphone
I ran over to him and kneeled down by his chest, I picked up Brendan by his chest and held him tightly in my arms as the tears trickled down my face
"Brendan please, say something to me" I begged
"Steven, I don't think I have long left before I die" he spluttered
"No, no Brendan, you're not going to die here tonight and not in my arms" I exclaimed
"There's one thing I don't want you to do Steven" he proclaimed
"What is it?" I enquired
"I don't want you to moan the death of me for too long as you will never get over, you got your whole life a head of you and you got Leah and Lucas" Brendan sighed
"Don't say thing like that, you're not going to die" I proclaimed, looking into his dying eyes
"I'll always love Steven, in this life and the next" he admitted
"I love you Brendan" I replied
Brendan gently wiped the tears away from my eyes, I lowered my head down to kiss him one last time, our lips encasing together passionately, pulling away breathless a few second later
"Tell Cheryl that I love her for me" he stated
"No you're gonna tell her yourself because you know why, you not going to die here not tonight" I exclaimed
Brendan started to close his eyes as I held onto him tightly, his body starting to go cold and motionless as he's soul slowly left his body
"In the next life, Steven" he whispered
"Someone please help him" I shouted loudly at the top of my voice
No one can to help as I watched in disarray, the love of my life slipping away from my grasp, the door opened behind me and Cheryl walked out, the tears spilling down her face rapidly as she watched her half-brother die right before her own very eyes, she kneeled down next to me to hold Brendan in her arms….
"Cheryl we have to leave him, the paramedics are gonna take him away" I proclaimed
"No we can't just leave him" she begged
"He's gone; the love of my life is gone right before my own eyes, there's nothing we can do for him now" I stated
I kissed Brendan forehead one last time before getting up to my feet, I helped Cheryl up to hers as I tried to usher her away from him, we walked down the stairs as we saw the paramedic put Brendan body onto a stretcher and place a blanket over his body
The paramedics walked past us with Brendan's body on the stretcher as Cheryl and I broke down in tears again
"In the next life, Brendan" I sighed, tears still flowing down my face
The love of my life been taken away in the back of the ambulance to the morgue to rest in peace, finally free from his demons….
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This is in tribute to a wonderful man who played the role of Brendan Brady so well at his time on hollyoaks; I will never forget him and his famous tash. Thank you EmmettScanlan for so many wonderful memories