Onyx eyes bore into cold concrete walls. To him, that's everything the world was. Those concrete walls had been his only constant companion since his first day in that cell and they eventually became the only thing he saw. As time went on, the metal bars faded away along with the very bed he sat on, the guards keeping watch outside, and the yelling of all the other inmates.

After the day his world fell apart, his eyes lost any color they held before and what had once been his signature grin was nothing but a faint memory of those who used to know him. Every single day since then he'd been living a nightmare. He dreams at night consist of only that day. His thoughts consist of only that day in the daytime. The only thing he sees other than that concrete wall is the ghost of what he lost.

Laying down on his bed, he covers his head with the pillow, his eyes squeezed shut.

"Lucy! No, no you can't leave me Luce!" Tears streaming down his face, he's by her side almost instantly. The ring of the gunshot is still alive in his ears and mind.

"Natsu..."

"Luce, no, don't talk. Save your strength," he orders.

"Kiss it all better, Natsu." Her voice is strong despite the blood oozing out of her. Every ounce of her remaining strength is put into her current words.

"You're going to be okay, Luce. We're gonna be okay and the man who did this is gonna be put away for a long, long time," he says, though it's obvious he's not so sure of those words himself.

"I'm not ready...not ready to go."

"You're not going to go. I'm not allowing it. I couldn't live with myself. All my fault."

"It's not...Not your fault, love. You didn't...couldn't...couldn't know..." Despite her desperate trying, talking is getting harder with each word. The pain still wracks through her body. The bullet sure hit her good.

He can't help but notice her usually warm hands are freezing cold. Leaning down, he kisses her forehead, then her cheek, followed by her other cheek, and finally her lips. With one more kiss on the top of her head, he says, "Everything will be alright." Her hair muffles the words slightly.

Suddenly, in one split second, she's gone. The last of her remaining strength seeps through her skin into the air. Her eyes close, a breath escapes her lips, and her body falls limp.

That's the moment his world falls apart.

With tears in his eyes and streaminf down his face, anger surges through his body. Gently laying her down on the ground, he stands up, eyes wild and heart on fire. The glint of sunlight on an abandoned gun catches his eyes.

In his blind rage, he picks it up and runs. He doesn't know where to go so he just runs. When he catches sight of the bastard that caused it, an evil look no one, not even himself, knew he posessed spreads across his face.

There was more than one gunshot that night.

Jolting awake, he let out a strangled cry. It was familiar to him by that point. The people in the cells next to him had long since learned to block it out. So far he's served the minimum amount of years sentenced to him. It's been twenty-five years since that night and yet it still plagues his every breath. He wouldn't mind staying there for the maximum of the sentence. It would mean he could spend the rest of his days in this cell. He wouldn't have to deal with any regular civilians if he served the lifetime portion of 25 to life.

If only she could be in his arms while he did it. But she's not. He's serving his time without her warmth spreading through him.

He couldn't bring her back with a bullet to the heart of the back of a man who tore his world apart.

Her last words still rang through his ears as he hold on to the memory. He holds on tightly to the memory of her and their would've-been child.

With one last sigh, he laid back down and closed his eyes. "Stay with me until I fall asleep." The words were directed toward the ghost of her, who was standing over him, that beautiful smile gracing her lips. Her smile was engraved in his mind. "Please stay with me."

The night that got him in the cell had been the fifth anniversary of his marriage with her. She had been eight months pregnant with their child. He had lost the most important two girls in his life that night. That's what really tore him up.

"Please, stay with me until I fall asleep. I need you, my beautiful Lucy and my wonderful Nashi."

Okay, so this is a really short one at just over 800 words but I wanted to write it. It's based off Kiss It Better by He Is We. While the song mentions nothing about her being pregnant, I decided I wanted to throw that in their to add an extra sad element to it. This was written pretty quickly because it's my brother's birthday today (turning 20) so I've been with family for a while. I'm actually uploading really quickly before I have to go back down for more family games. So yeah. Hope you enjoy it!