Notes:
* Just sharing the 1 short story for this chapter.
* I wrote this one a few weeks back - when I was feeling down - nearly decided not to share it here - but I was encouraged to by a friend.
* WARNING: DEATH FIC * (Potential Triggers)
(The Tracy boys are not named but it's obvious who the one is at the end)
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WORLD: Any.
TITLE: FINAL BREATHS.
I hold you in my arms, I stroke my hand through your hair and I whisper to you that everything is going to be alright.
But then you open your eyes and you look in mine, and I can tell that you know what's happening - you know that you don't have much time.
A single tear drops from my eye, and even though you are in pain, you lift your hand and you wipe it away - just like you've always done.
Then you grab onto my hand and squeeze it tight, and you mutter "Please brother continue... I'll always be with you... Please don't ever give up!"
So, I make my promise, and I vow to keep it. Even though the thought of not having you with us tares my heart to shreds.
As soon as I've made my oath, your eyes begin to flutter and you start looking at something, or someone behind me - when I look there is no one there, and I wonder if it's our mother come to relieve your pain and take you with her - to a place I cannot be, to a place I cannot see.
You then start to gasp, and you then take your last breath - and I can see that your soul has gone.
My hand shakes, I close those beautiful blue eyes, and stroke my hand through your hair one final time.
My tears now flow freely, while I sob on the cold hard wet ground - for the big brother who loved and protected us all till the very end.
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