A/N: Another sad one. Kleenex warning!

Disclaimer: I don't own CM.

"Please, JJ...I need to feel somethin' other than this pain...I wanna remember what it's like to be so close to you," Will pleaded as JJ hovered a mere centimetre above his face.

In the darkness of their room, their lips had met with a soft passion, which quickly roared into a fire.

However weak Will was, however tired he was, however reluctant his body may have been, he wanted nothing more than to be intimate with JJ one last time.

And both of them were determined to make it happen.

Will kept a tired but steady gaze on JJ's beautiful blue eyes above him, tears filling his eyes as they moved with each other. They both knew that they would never share this again, and were set to make it memorable.

As JJ leaned down, pressing a kiss to his lips, their tears mingled on each other's skin, leaving a mark that would never go away.

A mark of love.

"How's he doing?" Sandy asked quietly as JJ pulled the door closed behind her.

"Tired. He's sleeping...when he's not sleeping, he's got a nosebleed or he's vomiting. He won't eat anything, and his pain is getting worse," JJ reported sadly. Sandy reached for her daughter's hands, taking them in her own.

"I know this is so hard on you, Jen...you've done so well, looking after Will and Henry, being there for Will 24/7. It's not easy. You managed. And Will will carry that with him. He appreciates everything you've done for him since he got sick," she said reassuringly, tipping JJ's chin up. JJ nodded, moving closer and pulling her mom in for a hug.

"Thank you for being here. I couldn't have done all this without you"

Carefully opening Henry's door, JJ stepped inside his bedroom, padding across the carpet to the bed and gently shaking her little angel awake.

"Mommy?" Henry mumbled, rubbing his eyes. It was dark outside. Why did he have to be up when the sun wasn't up?

JJ wiped her eyes as she pulled Henry's covers off of his little body.

"Come on baby boy," she beckoned gently. Taking Henry's hand, she coaxed him out of bed. Henry grabbed his panda with his free hand, and allowed Mommy to lead him from the room.

"Where we going?" he asked sleepily, slowly waking up as he padded across the floorboards beside Mommy. JJ stopped in the hallway, kneeling down in front of him and brushing his hair out of his eyes.

"It's time to say goodbye to Daddy"

Sandy watched from the darkened doorway of the guest bedroom, tears running silently down her face as Henry whimpered, clinging to JJ as she lifted him off the floor. Her tears began to overwhelm her as she watched JJ carry Henry into the master bedroom and silently shut the door behind them.

Going back to the bed in the guest bedroom, Sandy sat down on the edge of the mattress, clasping her hands together and looking up at the ceiling.

"Lord, please...take away his pain...let him pass peacefully...and let us not be in pain forever," she whispered, quietly pleading with a being she hadn't spoken to since she was just a little girl.

She liked Will. He was funny, smart, caring, and handsome. But the most important thing was that he made JJ happy and was an excellent father to Henry.

Lying down on her side, Sandy clutched at one of the pillows, knowing that she wouldn't be able to sleep.

How could she, knowing that in a matter of hours, there would be one less soul in the house?

Tears soaked the white fabric as she cried for yet another lost soul, another broken heart.

Resting her hand over his heart, JJ rested her head against Will's shoulder, listening to his breathing, which was getting shallower and shallower. Tears were falling thick and fast down her face. Henry was curled up against Will's other side, clutching tightly to Daddy's T-shirt.

"Henry," Will choked out.

"Yeah?" Henry replied sadly. His little eyes were filled with tears, and it broke Will's heart.

"I love you...so much little man. You'll always be my little man," Will whispered reassuringly. Henry nodded, clutching tighter to Will's shirt.

"I don't want you to go...," he whimpered. Will reached up weakly, running his fingers through his son's blonde hair.

"I know...but I promise...I'll always be with you...in here," he replied, gesturing to Henry's heart. "I love you"

"Love you too," Henry whispered as he tucked his panda into the crook of Daddy's arm.

Will turned his head towards JJ, his tired, half closed eyes focusing on her heartbreakingly beautiful face, streaked with tears.

"Don't cry," he said softly, his voice barely able to manage a whisper by now. "I love you...JayJay. I've said it...thousand times...say it again," he mumbled. "Love you"

JJ choked out a sob as she lifted her head to give him one last kiss. "I promise you won't be forgotten. I love you too," she whispered against his lips. With her right hand, she locked their fingers together, resting her left hand over his heart. Henry clutched to Will's shirt like a lifeline.

As she pulled away, his eyes fluttered closed, taking with them the blue she loved. Resting her head back against the crook of his neck, she cried quietly, her tears pooling on his skin. Henry's baby tears rapidly soaked the grey fabric beneath his head. He didn't want Daddy to go to Heaven.

JJ took a deep breath, committing to memory the way Will had always smelled so good on those weekend visits that were so long ago.

And in the seconds that followed...his heart stopped beating under her palm.