Title: When You Try Your Best
Author: Therm
Warnings: Major character death.
Summary: Very short ficlet about a major character's death and the reaction's of the others.
Note: I got inspired to write this watching the G8 concert after Coldplays performance. All lines that are bolded are from Fix You by Coldplay. Previously known as 'When' but I decided I hated that title and had another story called 'Want' as well, just lack of imagination on my part.
When you try your best but don't succeed.
I wipe the sweat that's formed across my brow. Let out the breath I've been holding.
I'm on my knees in the dirt.
And I've failed.
When you get what you want, but not what you need.
My hand grabs on to the cotton shirt and with all my might I pull him back. A fist thrown at his jaw knocks him down unconscious.
My fury and rage giving me more strength than usual.
I've stopped him, but it doesn't change anything.
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep.
I don't think any of us has managed to sleep these last few nights.
How could we.
When the tears come streaming down your face.
When you can't sleep and can't talk about what's wrong, there's only one thing to do that gets you through the night.
I feel like once I start, I may never stop the tears as my grief is so consuming.
When you lose something that you can not replace
We've somehow managed to re-group ourselves after that last mission, to look in each others eyes with out the anger and sadness being there.
But we're no longer a team.
We're just three men, without a leader.
And none of us knows where to go from here.
Tears stream, down your face
when you loose something, you can not replace.