So I was listening to the song Death Bed (Coffee for your head) by Powfu and I got this idea to do some kind of not really angsty shit so I hope you guys enjoy it!

I knew that the crystal was going to bring me to my end.

When we were to go back to our time, I would die. I knew that, but I tried my best to do what I knew needed to be done. Yet every time Claire was near me, I felt as if I was making a mistake. With every loving word she spoke and every action she presented towards me, I knew that I was going to hurt her. I never wanted to cause her harm, but what kind of Trollhunter would I be if I had risked the rest of the time continuum to spend time with her? What kind of person would I be if I have done that? So when I told her what would happen, even though we were seconds away from returning to our own time, I felt my heart shatter at the sight of her in tears. I wanted my last moments to be with her. I wanted to sweep her off her feet and hide her away from the world.

But the world had never been kind to us. It has never been our friend.

I felt myself smile as she put her forehead against mine even though tears flowed down her cheeks.

"I would date you for a hundred lifetimes, Jim Lake."

A hundred lifetimes? I've been just hoping I get to see you again.

I chuckled at myself as I pulled her close to my chest, placing my head on top of hers.

There is so much I wanted for the two of us. So many things I dreamed of even before we started dating. Back when we were two normal kids in a sleepy town. Even after becoming the Trollhunter and we had started dating after I came back from the Darklands.

I toyed with her hair as I rubbed her back, feeling the little hiccups coming from her as she sobbed lightly. As Douxie was trying his best to get us back to the present as soon as possible, she was clutching at me as if I was going to disappear.

I can't blame her. She has been trying her best to find a way out of this situation for the two of us. I've been just hoping that whatever being that has been in control of everything will let me see her in whatever afterlife I'm taken to.

"Hey, remember when we used to walk around the park in Arcadia?" I pulled back from her so I could see into her eyes. Even though she had sadness swirling in her eyes, she had a soft smile forming on her lips. "Even though I would get scared of the slightest sounds after I got back from the Darklands, you were always there to cheer me up." I smiled at the memory as I tucked away her bangs that loosened out from the tight bun she put behind her head so it was out of her face. This pulled a small giggle from the sorceress as her hands found their way to my chest.

"Remember those goofy videos we made?" I chuckled as I placed my forehead on hers again.

"Especially the goofy ones." I smiled weakly to her as I placed my thumbs on her cheeks due to how placing my full hands would be a little too much for her small frame. "I'm sorry." I felt us jostle as Douxie got the portal to start.

"What for?"

"There's so much we never did." My hands dropped from her face down to her waist. "I was never the perfect guy. I know that. But there was so much I wanted to give you." I watched her eyes as I knew these could possibly be my last words to her. "I wish I could be there for the future you deserve. To be honest, I'm just happy you were mine in this short time I've had with you. It sucks that it's ending." She shook her head, knowing that I was trying to lighten the mood with my weak description. "But I've lived a blessed life. I had those that loved me. I had you." I felt myself smile widely at the thought. "It's all a guy could ask for." I blinked a couple of times, seeing that my vision was blurring a little. "Sorry." She reached up to my cheeks, wiping the tear that fell from my right eye with her thumb with a soft smile.

"You have nothing to be sorry for."

"Sorry to interrupt the moment," We snapped our attention over to Douxie who was standing in front of a working time portal. "We've got a timeline to save." I looked back to Claire, a lopsided grin on my face like I have always given her.

"One last adventure?" She pulled out of my grasp, grabbing my hand when she could.

"With you? I'll go on a million." She gave me a wide smile as her thumb rubbed gently against the back of my stone hand. "I love you."

"I love you too, Claire." I looked back towards Douxie who was giving both of us a saddened look. Even though I had not told him the effects of our trip back, it was obvious he understood what the interaction between Claire and I meant. "Let's go."

When I pushed the crystal into my chest, I didn't think that I would live through it. I was willing to sacrifice myself for my friend's safety. I was willing to give my life for theirs. I thought that would be it. I would die from it and go to whatever after was chosen for me. Getting pulled back and forth between the present and my own mind was not what I was expecting. It was as if I was in a lucid dream. I was aware of what was happening, at least to the slightest extent.

The rest of the experience had faded until I came back to reality in a larger form than I was used to before. My chest was sore, possibly due to the corrupted stone that was there as my view focused on Claire.

Then suddenly she was gone again, and so wasn't I. I remember screaming out to her, but that was all I could do as my limbs became like that of cinderblocks. My vision went black as I felt as if my soul had left me for the slightest of moments. As suddenly as I had gotten acquainted with the feeling, it was as if I was forced back into the life of the living. Hearing the sounds of rubble falling around me as I fell to my knees. The first thing I realized was the pale skin of my own hands that I thought I would never see again. I looked out to where I remember Claire was standing to see her in tears. I wanted to run towards her, but the best my body could do was stand slowly back to my full human height. As if she could tell what I desired, she ran towards me and held me as if I was going to fly away with the slightest gust of wind. I felt myself smile as I held her as close as I could to me. All ten fingers that I had now either found their way to the back of her head and into her hair or sat on the lower dips of her back. Her warm tears pooled onto my old blue jumper jacket as she buried her face into my shoulder as I just held her there against me.

Maybe we can have that future after all.

Maybe we could have what I dreamed of for us.

A wedding dress? A picket fence? Some little feet paddling down wooden floors? Who knows?

I sighed as I pressed my cheek against her hair. It was a little bit more difficult since I wasn't towering over the sorcerous, but it didn't bother me as I felt her thumb rubbing lightly at the nape of my neck as she now had her face in the crook of my neck.

With our lives, you never know. Time is a fickle being when you think you have so little of it.

But as long as she's by my side, may it be on my deathbed or just a normal day, I know I won't mind. Even if I can't sleep at night from all I put myself through, I don't care.

I felt myself pull Claire closer to me as I brought my arms down to her waist.

I have a few blessings. Her being one of them.

That's all that matters.