A/N: I know how long it's been but I've never stopped thinking about this. I've moved out of my parent's place with my girlfriend and currently hold a management position at my job. It's been an exhausting year since I last posted.
Chapter 41: can only be
"I used to wonder when I stopped believing I was perfect. I used to think about this a lot actually. I think it was around the same time that I figured out what love was, and who it was that I loved.
I knew I loved Ruby more than anyone else, she was my one and only after all.
I knew that I loved Blake and Yang, they were our teammates after all.
I knew I loved Sarah, Sam, Drake, and Bucky. They were the ones that showed us how live a life worth living and how to fight better than anyone else.
But for the longest time, I couldn't figure out how I felt about you.
You were, among other things, my mentor and teacher.
You proved to me that a formal lifestyle just didn't fit me; even after I tried for so long to prove it was.
You taught me that there was no such thing as black and white. Often, life would end up being one of the many shades of gray in the middle.
But above all else, you showed me no one was perfect, especially not me.
With that said, I know that I have made a lot of mistakes and done a lot of wrong in my life. I know that neither my actions today nor the actions of the daughter I leave behind will be able to right all my wrong; I just hope that my actions today will have made a difference.
Gods I pray.
But I know that I love you Soap - as a mentor and as a fatherly figure - and I know I'll miss you.
When we we see each other again among the stars, find me at the bar; I'll buy us a round.
~W
P.S. Maybe this time I finally beat you in a drinking contest...
A/N: I know it's extremely short but I have to get back into writing somehow, and with the recent revelations of Vol. 7 Ch. 12, there is much to write about.