sorry but. if we're actually getting this storyline.... a beautiful, "cishet" leading male character in his early 30s getting a bi awakening when bisexual people are treated so poorly by both queer and straight communities, in the midst of a political era where ALL of our rights as queer people are being threatened................ maybe i'll cry about it. just. this is what it means to love your character and see them grow and place their healing and development and life above all else. this is what it means to see and know your audience and reach out your hand to support them and pull them up when they don't even know that they're falling. this is what it means to expect more from the queer stories you've had shoveled down your throat your whole life, and actually RECEIVE IT. like. this is what it means to be loved i think. not even parasocially, just. humanly. but anyway. whatever. let me shut up before i get ahead of myself and start crying fr lol
It’s the start of the of a new semester and Professor Griswold has a few tricks up his sleeve. His first idea was putting this particular group of eight students together to compete for a grand prize. Now, he plans to have some fun with it. Two sides will be established, the Prosecutor and the Defense. The winners get points towards the final competition.
For our first event, we are about to put on the messiest mock trial. Professor Griswold is having The Love Club act out what a trial will look like, each student with a different role. We will be writing the characters portraying their roles in the trial, however there will be times they break out of the role as the drama ensues. They are able to ask questions to the professor, or critique their classmates performances at any time. This will be a fight both in their specific role and in their normal character.
𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔’𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐓.
In today’s lecture, Professor Griswold had passed out folders to each student and inside it contains a case summary, approved evidence that each side can use to show the judge, and a list of roles.
𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘: Oxford real estate developer Philip Fontaine was found dead in his home in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Fontaine's young wife, Ashley, found his body in a dried up, pool of blood on the kitchen floor around 1:00 a.m. Both Mrs. Fontaine and her stepson Grant reportedly arrived home minutes before the 911 call was made.
Now, in September 2022, the case is about to come to trial, and the defense claims to have evidence exonerating the accused and implicating another suspect.
The night of the murder, Emergency Services received a 911 call reporting a man found dead on his kitchen floor. When sheriff's officers arrived at the location, they found a gruesome scene.
After examining the scene, Detective Armstrong talked to the victim's wife, Ashley Fontaine, who found the body and called 911.
Then the detective tried to get some sense out of the victim's son, Grant Fontaine, about what he'd been doing the night his father was killed.
After the sun came up, as a local news crew was reporting from the scene, Detective Armstrong got more information about the victim.
Later, while the detective reviewed a preliminary list of evidence collected at the scene, the Oxford Weekly Planet published their coverage of the murder.
That same morning, the Fontaines' housekeeper, Stacy McCracken, came in to meet with Detective Armstrong. This is where he learned that Philip had a girlfriend.
After lunch, the detective sat down with Mr. Fontaines' girlfriend, Raquel Santos, and revealed that Philip had been having arguments with his business partner, Josie Beecher.
𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄:
003419-01: One (1) .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol SN X-XXX-XXX
003419-02: One (1) expended cartridge (shell casing) .25 cal.
003419-03: One (1) apparently damaged bullet, .25 cal.
003419-04: One (1) set of kitchen knives and hardwood storage block
003419-05: One (1) set of keys, containing five keys
003419-06: One (1) checkbook containing checks from the BancorpSouth
003419-07: One (1) walking cane
003419-08: One (1) leather satchel-style briefcase
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒:
003419-08-01: One (1) date and address book, leather
003419-08-02: One (1) silver flask, empty
003419-08-03: Three (3) copies of housing development blueprints
003419-08-04: One (1) cellular telephone
003419-08-05: One (1) letter from Javier Montoya, attorney
003419-08-06: One (1) letter from Gerald Archer, vice president BancorpSouth
003419-08-07: One (1) partial copy of Visa credit card receipt, Ole Miss Motel, Oxford, MS.
003419-08-08: One (1) copy of Visa credit card receipt, Bennington Jewelers, Oxford, MS.
003419-09: One (1) folding knife, mother of pearl handle
003419-10: One (1) American Express bill
003419-11: One (1) chef's knife, wood handle with reddish stains on blade
𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓:
𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟏 ––– 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒇:
Vera Myeong as The Prosecutor
Theodore DuPonts as Detective Armstrong
Isabel Astor as Stacy McCracken (the victim’s housekeeper)
Desirae Hart as Raquel Santos (the victim’s girlfriend)
𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟐 ––– 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆:
Nicolás Bouiette as The Defense Attorney
Céline Bouiette as Ashley Fontaine (the victim’s wife and the defendant)
Ezra Fike as Grant Fontaine (the victim’s son)
Kamile Yener as Josie Beecher (the victim’s business partner)
Only the murderer knows the truth. On the day the event starts, we will be messaging each of you blurbs for your character and in character Griswold will be passing them out to the students in envelopes. It will give you a sense of how to go about the trial, but you may take it anywhere you would like. The crazier the better. At the end, we will be taking a vote to see which side was the most persuasive. In the classroom, Griswold, as the judge, will announce the winner and award them with extra points that goes towards the final competition.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to either one of us and we will be happy to help!
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Top 10 ships of all time, in order of which ship I thought of first:
01. Buddie [I had to do it!] >> 911
02. Toni + Shelby >> The Wilds
03. Japril >> Grey’s Anatomy
04. Naley >> One Tree Hill
05. Calzona >> Grey’s Anatomy
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OTHER PARTS: 01 - Got7 Mafia AU / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 - the end
With BamBam’s return, Jackson is forced to retreat into the background as both of you realize that no matter how strong the bond between you seemed before, nothing is going to be the same now that there’s three of you.
Pairing: Mafia AU!BamBam x Reader / Reader x Jackson
Warnings: angst
Words: 3.8k
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It was hard to believe that mere moments passed from the time you pulled away from Jackson to the time you noticed BamBam standing at the far end of the hallway inside of your house. Time seemed to slow down, contrary to the thoughts that erupted inside of your brain as soon as you saw your husband. It felt like you and him were looking at each other for an eternity and if it wasn’t for the tirade of shots someone fired that returned time to its normal speed, you would have been stuck reliving the second your eyes met BamBam for the rest of your life.
But as soon as you heard four shots fired by someone behind you, BamBam – having stood tall just seconds ago – helplessly fell to the floor. The very center of a shooting was not the place where you imagined to see your husband again.
It took you and Jackson a few seconds to understand what had happened, but as soon as you did, both of you simultaneously started to move. You – with your heart attempting to break out of your chest – ran towards BamBam, while Jackson – seeming as confident as ever – fired his gun at the men who had just shot at your husband.
“Bam!” you yelled, your voice suddenly hoarse as BamBam struggled to inhale without groaning in pain. “Don’t move! I’m calling the ambulance.”
“Y/n,” he breathed as you got your phone out and tried to assess the situation at the same time.
You saw that one bullet had struck the side of the staircase, and another bullet was stuck in the marble floor tile of the hallway, which had to mean that only two of the initial four shots might have reached their target – BamBam, — who was now attempting to flip around, so he could lie on his back instead of his stomach.
“Don’t move, please,” you whispered shakily, the shock and the adrenaline helping you keep your mind in place as you dialed 911 and told them your address all in one quick breath.
“Y/n,” BamBam whispered again as you placed your phone on the floor once the call was finished and took his hand, trying not to look at the blood that started to gather on his gray sweater, on the left side of his lower abdomen and on his left shoulder.
Fortunately, he wasn’t shot in any places that would cause his immediate death – you knew that much – but he was still shot.
“Try not to talk,” you told him, feeling the way your heart was beating wildly in your chest, not just at the sight of him in so much pain, but at the feeling of his hand in yours. The touch was meant to comfort him but you had a feeling it provided a lot more consolation for you.
“I’m sorry,” BamBam continued, his voice weak. “I never meant to abandon you like that.”
You could still hear shots being fired in the background and, out of the corner of your eye, you could see Jackson fighting the two remaining Ito’s minions alone, with no one there to help him. You wanted to help but you knew you would just get in his way. And there was absolutely no way you were going to release BamBam’s hand.
“You didn’t abandon me,” you replied, trying to remain calm although, as adrenaline slowly wore off, you could already feel the lump forming in your throat.
“No, I did,” BamBam insisted, attempting to sit up but hissing out loud all of a sudden.
“Bam, please,” you asked, desperately needing him to stop moving so he wouldn’t bleed as much.
It’s been just a couple of days since you’ve seen him last, but they were filled with so much pain that you thought it felt more like you haven’t seen him in years. On top of it all, you reunited with your husband right after almost you almost kissed his best friend – in order to ensure your husband’s safety but still – and then had to watch your husband get shot. You could not wrap your mind around this sequence of events.
“I never meant for that to happen,” BamBam continued, his breathing getting heavier by the second. “I’m so sorry I never gave you a happy ending.”
Tears immediately pooled in your eyes as you tried to shake your head, clutching his hand tightly in both of yours. “I don’t need an ending.”
Almost as soon as you said this, the shots stopped and you heard Jackson run towards you both. The sudden tension between the three of you was almost visible, but you had bigger problems to worry about right now.
It was almost funny, really, how just seconds ago, you despised every thought about BamBam that dared to invade your brain, and now you were clutching his hand tightly in yours, tears falling from your eyes as you prayed for the ambulance to get here in time.
“It’s going to be okay,” Jackson said and you were surprised to feel yourself relax slightly at the sound of his usually husky voice. In the short time that you knew him, his voice managed to become a beacon of comfort for you. “It doesn’t seem like they shot any vital organs. You’re going to be okay, man.”
“Is Ito..?” BamBam tried to ask but you squeezed his hand, wordlessly telling him to save his energy.
“He’s dead,” Jackson confirmed, the ability to understand his best friend with just a glance was still here, despite the tension between them. “You killed him.”
“And the rest of them?” you asked, afraid to look at Jackson in case the emotions you felt when you inspected his sleeping features earlier, would return.
“They’re dead,” Jackson said. “All of them. It’s just us. I’ll deal with the bodies after Bam gets to the hospital, you have nothing to worry about.”
“Jackson…” BamBam whispered, blood from his mouth painting his pale pink lips bright red. “Thank you.”
Looking away from him, Jackson shook his head. “You have nothing to thank me for, man. I was just trying to do my job.”
You heard the guilty undertones in Jackson’s voice and that forced you to avoid BamBam’s eyes as you carefully wiped the blood from his lips, already hearing the sirens in the distance.
As you waited for the ambulance, you tried to convince yourself that you didn’t do anything wrong. That every single decision you made was on behalf of protecting BamBam in one way or the other. If Ito had found out that Jackson was here because BamBam had asked him to look after you, he may have tortured you for information and you didn’t know if you would have held on for a very long time.
You needed to make sure BamBam was safe, wherever he was. You wouldn’t have kissed Jackson under different circumstances.
Stupidly, you made the mistake of raising your eyes to glance at the man next to you. As soon as you did, you realized that you may have come up with reasons that justified the kiss you and Jackson almost shared, but nothing could have justified your feelings as he slept in the same bed with you, radiating protectiveness that lulled you to sleep.
Similarly, nothing could justify the fact that you gave up on your relationship, however strained it was. BamBam presented you with the choice of a divorce – the easy way out – and you went for it.
As you watched the paramedics rush into your house through the back door - the dead bodies of Ito and his friends out of their sight - and lift BamBam up to lie him down on a stretcher, you couldn’t believe your relationship with this man meant this little to you. You couldn’t believe that in a time of despair, you forgot to seek comfort in the memories of him.
And yet despite the crushing guilt, it was Jackson’s embrace you turned to again. It was his chest you cried against, it was his arms that held you tightly, and it was his raspy voice that whispered reassurances to you.
“It’s going to be okay,” he told you, bringing one of his hands through your hair as the paramedics adjusted the oxygen mask on BamBam’s face. “He’s going to survive. You know he is.”
But you weren’t crying about the fact that BamBam was badly injured. You knew he was strong. He was so much stronger than you. He was going to fight through this and come out a winner. A survivor.
You were crying because you were too stubborn. Too prideful. You were crying because you didn’t do enough – for your husband and for your relationship, – and it could have been too late now. You were crying for selfish reasons, too; because there was not a single way that would have allowed you to save your relationship with BamBam and maintain the bond between you and Jackson, all at the same time.
BamBam was going to survive. But you could still lose him.
BamBam lost consciousness on his way to the hospital and he did not regain it even after the doctors performed a potentially life-saving surgery on him.
“It could take time,” the head surgeon warned you as he found you pacing next to BamBam’s hospital bed, after the nurses wheeled him here after the surgery. “He’s lost a lot of blood. We’ve done everything we could but it’s up to him now.”
“Is there a chance that he won’t wake up?” you asked, biting your lip nervously. “I-I need you to tell me that there isn’t.”
The surgeon sighed. “I might be a good surgeon. A great one, even. But I’m not God.”
That did not ease your worrying but it answered your question and you nodded sadly.
“For what it’s worth, I think he will wake up soon,” the surgeon said, a gentle, comforting smile on his face. “He’s got lots of things waiting for him when he does.”
Not finding it necessary to voice your doubts about that statement, you smiled gratefully at the doctor and watched him exit BamBam’s hospital room, leaving you – the only conscious person in the room – alone.
Sighing as the heavy silence settled all around you, you sat down on the uncomfortable wooden chair next to BamBam’s bed and rested your hand next to his, gasping lightly when you felt how cold his hand was. Taking it in yours, you desperately attempted to warm it up as if your future with him depended on the warmth of his hands.
You stayed in this position – next to his bed, his hand in yours – for so long, it had gotten dark outside. You didn’t even notice it, having crawled inside your mind and locked yourself up in there. In fact, if it wasn’t for Jackson, who entered the room, accidentally slamming the door shut and consequently, startling you, you were certain you would have remained frozen next to BamBam’s unconscious body.
“Hey,” Jackson said quietly, trying to soothe your terror-filled eyes after his grand entrance. “There must be a draught here, I-I’m sorry I scared you.”
“No, that’s okay,” you said, slowly releasing BamBam’s hand because, instead of having warmed him up, you realized your own hand was just as freezing now. “What were you doing?”
“Taking care of the house,” Jackson replied. “I got rid of the bodies. I cleaned. It looks like nothing happened. Well, except for the bullet stuck in your floor. I think you’ll have to retile to get rid of that.”
“Oh,” you mumbled, already feeling your mind detach from reality again.
“How is he?” Jackson asked, nodding his head in the direction of BamBam’s bed.
Automatically, you glanced at your husband and the oxygen mask on his face, hiding his facial features and providing him with the oxygen that he could not attain himself.
“The doctor said it’s up to him if he’ll wake up,” you replied, feeling tears sting your eyes as soon as you recalled your previous conversation with the surgeon. “He lost a lot of blood. He’s weak. The surgeon isn’t a God. Not much we can do. The usual.”
Jackson listened to the way your voice rose with every sentence, and eventually, he dared to take a step closer to you and squat down in front of your chair, so he was at your eye-level.
“Y/n, I’m sorry,” he said softly. “Did you need me to be here?”
You looked at him and felt a tear slide down your cheek before you could blink it away. It was BamBam who needed Jackson here, even if he didn’t realize it. But you needed him here, too.
“You know what I find the most frustrating about this?” you said, instead of answering Jackson. “Myself.”
“What do you mean?” he asked.
“I gave up on him,” you said, allowing another few tears to fall from your eyes. “Just earlier this day. I gave up on him completely as if I never imagined he’d be back. And now I’m waiting for him to wake up. To come back to me. Again.”
“He wanted you to let him go,” Jackson said, trying to sound compassionate, even though he truly struggled to find the words he could say to make you feel better. “You did everything he asked you to do. I’m sure he didn’t know he was going to be back, either.”
“Yeah,” you nodded sadly. “Why did he come back, though? Why now?”
Jackson cleared his throat, standing back up. “He came back for you.”
You watched him in confusion. “What?”
“Yeah, I’m assuming,” Jackson said, shrugging his shoulders, and avoiding your eyes for some reason. “He didn’t like the note you wrote him, I could see that. It must have taken some time for him to consider this but I’m guessing he came back to fix everything with you.”
“B-but it’s dangerous for him,” you said, still beyond confused.
“Well, Ito’s dead now,” Jackson said. “Maybe Bam has a plan.”
You could notice the bitterness in his voice as he said this. It must have been one of the first times that Jackson was in the dark about BamBam’s fight plans. Another secret added to the evergrowing pile of things they never told each other.
Biting your lip, you waited a few more seconds – mostly because you needed to gather the courage but also because you needed Jackson to release the breath you saw him hold – before carefully asking him, “How are you?”
“Me?” Jackson turned to look at you, surprised. “W-what do you mean?”
“Bam was your friend,” you said and then straightened in your seat. “Is. Bam is your friend.”
“He’s going to be okay,” Jackson decided to say. “It’s you I’m more worried about. Do you—”
“Jackson,” you cut him off as soon as you noticed the way he tried to turn the topic back around to you. “I asked you about you.”
“I’m fine,” he said, shrugging his shoulders. “They didn’t shoot me.”
You sighed, shaking your head. Of course, he was going to play dumb until you asked him outright. He already struggled to open up about the work he and BamBam did together, there was no way he was going to open up about how he was feeling now that they weren’t working together anymore.
“Are you hurt?” you asked him. “And, you know, I don’t mean physically. I mean, you didn’t know that BamBam was going to come back and you—”
“I know what you mean,” he interrupted you, staying quiet for another minute before finally continuing, “It kind of sucks that I can’t help him. Maybe he thinks I never did, but he’s just too polite to tell me, and now he’s finally distancing himself from me.”
“He’s not distancing himself from you. He’s… distancing himself from everyone,” you disagreed.
Jackson hung his head miserably. “Yeah. Maybe he is.”
Sighing again, you tried to find what to say next but then decided that silence might have been the best answer. So, you and Jackson remained quiet for a few minutes, the only sound in the room being the beeping of BamBam’s heart rate monitor. Somehow, just like Jackson’s shallow breaths the night before, the gentle beeping in accordance to BamBam’s heartbeat also soothed your anxiety.
“You know,” Jackson suddenly said. “When Bam wakes up… he’s not going to be mad at you.”
“What?”
“Well, I just saw how uncomfortable you looked when you saw him again,” Jackson explained, looking away from you. “And the guilt you feel about supposedly abandoning him... I assumed you were afraid he was going to be mad about… everything.”
“Oh,” you nodded. “Well, he is going to be mad.”
“I just said he won’t be—”
“No, but he should be,” you interrupted him. “I gave up on our relationship. I left him alone when he needed me the most.”
“He…” Jackson started but then took a deep breath, choosing to take a moment and sort his words out again before speaking. “I don’t know whom he needed, but I do know that he wanted to protect you. Being away from him because that’s what he thought was best - that couldn’t have been easy for you. If anything, he’s going to be apologizing to you when he wakes up.”
You swallowed, looking at the floor. “It should really be me apologizing.”
Jackson sighed. “Me too. I have lots of things to apologize for.”
“What things?” you asked, raising your head. “You’ve done nothing wrong.”
“I—” he cut himself off, leaning against the windowsill across the room from you.
He couldn’t continue when he realized that both of you were carefully tiptoeing around the important topic: the fact that you and Jackson touched the thin line between faithfulness and infidelity, between loyalty and betrayal together. Your separate actions were worthy of an apology, sure. But you weren’t exactly innocent when you were together, either.
You didn’t do anything unfaithful just to spite BamBam for wanting a divorce. You were not like that and you didn’t think very highly of the people who were like that. And, clearly, Jackson had high morals as well.
And yet, as BamBam lied in the hospital bed, struggling to fight for consciousness, you analyzed every single thought you’ve had since he left, every single action you took, and every single time you realized your mind was wandering to Jackson more and more, and you did not do anything about it.
“You should go home,” Jackson said suddenly, finally breaking the sad, buzzing silence around you. “You’ve been here the whole day. You need to rest, too.”
“No,” you said firmly. “I’m not leaving.”
“You’re tired, Y/n,” Jackson insisted. “You need to sleep.”
“I’m not leaving him,” you repeated, your stern voice surprising not just him but you as well. “I already gave up on him once. If I want him to forgive me for that, I need to stay here.”
“Look, just get some sleep. I’ll stay here, watch over him for you,” he continued.
You shook your head. “No. I’m never leaving him.”
Your statement – whether you meant it or not – sounded too ambiguous for Jackson to say anything else. He felt heat spread across his face as he realized what he was asking you to do. Of course, you’d never leave BamBam.
“Okay,” he said, his eyes set on the door. “I’ll go find a nurse to get an update on his health, okay? I’ll, uh—I’ll be right back.”
You nodded but you needed him to hear something else before he left.
“Jackson,” you called out as soon as he reached the door of BamBam’s hospital room.
“Yeah?” he responded, looking down.
“You didn’t betray him.”
Slowly, Jackson finally allowed his eyes to meet yours, just so he could give you a small – yet somehow sad – smile. “Neither did you, Y/n.”
Hearing your name from his lips felt nice and that contributed to the fact that, despite hearing him say that, you still felt guilty. The worries, the anxiety, and the guilt you’ve had did not go away, and as soon as Jackson left the hospital room, you leaned on BamBam’s bed, taking his cold hand in yours again.
“I’m so sorry,” you whispered, aware that you couldn’t know if he heard you for sure. “I don’t know what it is that you did that made these people come after you, but you don’t deserve this. You deserve better. Better colleagues. A better job. A better wife.”
Taking a moment to calm your breathing down, you noticed the way BamBam’s heart rate monitor started to beep a bit more frequently.
“I’m sorry for everything,” you continued, hoping that his accelerated heartbeat meant that he could hear you, after all. “We never got a chance to spend more time together. I-I want that. I want you to wake up. To recover. I want you to stop running away and let me help you. Let Jackson help you. I don’t want you to be alone.”
You weren’t sure what it was. Perhaps you imagined it or perhaps it was a muscle spasm, but you thought you felt BamBam’s hand squeeze yours.
Jumping up from your chair – still not letting go of his hand – you watched him for a moment. After he showed no other signs of waking up, carefully, you sat down on the edge of his bed, next to his body.
“Bam,” you whispered gently. “You chose to come back – it has to mean that you’re not meant to be away from home. So, don’t be. Come back again.”
You did not know at the time, but waking up was a process that happened slowly and quietly. After having held BamBam’s hand for so long – right before Jackson surprised you by coming in, – you let go of it and did not feel the way his muscles contracted every few minutes. Due to focusing your attention on Jackson, you did not notice the way BamBam’s eyelashes began to flutter. However, now your full, undivided, attention was on him, and you could see it.
You could see the way his free hand – the one you weren’t holding in yours – lifted slightly. You could see him squeeze his eyes. You thought you could even see his lips move under the oxygen mask.
And then, finally, you felt your breath hitch in your throat as you saw BamBam’s eyes open. He struggled and ended up blinking a lot, but eventually, he opened them. After one glance around the hospital room – which caused his heartbeat to speed up even more – he eyes found yours.
And, with a heart that slowly started to calm down at the sight of you, BamBam chose to never look away from you again.
#actual context spoilers after this so don’t open the tags if you don’t want to see that but i feel like it’s important given how everyone’s
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Ninjago Season 15 Spoilers Ahead!!
Season 15 Oneshot
Cole leans against his door, hands balled up and looking down…
He should have taken a closer look at the medallion. For the FSM's sake he KNEW there was a dud out there somewhere! WHY didn't the thought cross his mind to check it?! Throughout the entire long trip towards Shintaro and not one moment did he think of the what if scenario of the dud being in his dang hands!
Cole's hands shake, his whole body shakes with tears running down…
Darn it all! He used to do this all the time back when he was leading the team! Every night he'd take into mind all the variables and events that had happened. He'd think up what if's and worse case scenarios and make back up plans for those in case they did happen. He'd always made sure that everyone came back ALIVE and in one piece!
Cole falls to his knees as he sobs…
He should have never stood between them. Ever. What was he THINKING? No good friend ever gets in the way of their best friends' love life! In fact he might as well have made it worse for them in the long run. They didn't get enough time together, they SHOULD have had more time together but now…!
Cole covers his face with his hands as his sobs grow louder…
He remembers how she consoled him after he got cursed. How she gave him hope that it would all work out… She was always so supportive, no matter what had happened she was always THERE… and now she's not… a-and he can't help but think…
Maybe they'd have made their relationship official sooner and be happier if he didn't get in the way. They'd have spent more time together like they wanted. Maybe it would have given them enough time to stop Wojira's awakening if he'd just check the medallion. They'd have stopped Kalmaar before it was too late. Maybe if he and Bentho rescued Jay sooner, Nya wouldn't have been tempted to sacrifice herself. Sure… the city would still be flooded, but better the buildings than a life… but now she's gone…
Cole buries his face into his knees…
She's gone… and he…
"I'm sorry…"
He can't help but realise that he has failed as a leader and a friend…