Hello, thanks to everyone who has left a review! Time for some good old fashioned angst, with some (canon) character death.


Drenched from the river,

I lift him up in my arms.

"Where's the ambulance?!"


His lips are so cold

I force air into his lungs

and will him to breathe.


You never gave up.

Sam, you're the toughest bastard

that I have ever met.


"You kept your promise

Don't you ever forget that.

I know I won't."


Pretend he's asleep

Ignore the lack of breathing.

His face is peaceful.


He smiles at me

the light fading from his eyes.

It's only a dream.


There was no body.

No way he could have survived.

Must remember that.


Hey, that's Sam's medal!

It came off during our fight.

He won't get it back...


The ground is frozen.

A grave without a body.

But are you here, Sam?


I'll never admit

Just how much Sam meant to me.

He already knew.


Of course I miss Sam.

He was one of my best friends.

Why do you doubt it?


Like the saying goes,

Picture worth a thousand words.

I keep him with me.


I see the clipping

on the wall of his office.

Sam really mattered.


Gene had carried it

with him when he transferred here

Such a sweet gesture.


His smile was so sweet.

I wish I could have seen it

before he had died.


"He looks so gentle.'

"Don't be fooled, Bolly. Sam was

tougher than he looked."


Sam was defiant.

"I will not abuse my badge,

ruin its honour."


Ever since Sam died,

I've been the moral compass.

He'd find that funny.