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kettlefire · 4 months

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Love without End

Inspired by this post by @hithisiszooz Warning: Really long post, I mean really really long omg

Johnny shouldn't have been there that night. He was grounded three ways to Sunday, and he didn't have his ride for the night.

He shouldn't have been there. There were so many reasons why he shouldn't have been at that party. Richie hated his guts, and the party was at the quarterbacks place.

Yet, Johnny was estatic he went.

Because if Johnny hadn't gone, he had listened to all the signs from the universe... Johnny wouldn't have met Kitty.

The moment his eyes landed on the green-haired beauty, he was enraptured. In the split second their eyes met, Johnny knew he was in love.

Kitty would become his everything. She was the perfect girl, and Johnny wouldn't lose her. He wasn't going to mess this up like he did everything else.

They didn't call him "Johnny 13" for no reason.

Except, Kitty took it in strides. Every time he let his eyes wonder and she caught him. When she found out the reason he never spent time at home.

Every little thing that Johnny kept hidden from the world, Kitty loved. She was the only person Johnny was ever close with.

And she was perfect for it.

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Kitty didn't want to go. Sure, all her friends were pushing for it. It was going to be the biggest party of the year. Everyone was going to be there.

She knew why she had received a personal invitation from the school mascot. Why Richie and the team wanted her there. Lucas was the reason, she knew it.

It was going to be some elaborate and complicated scheme to get her to sleep with him. Everyone knew about the tradition, and Lucas was the newest team edition.

Yet, Kitty was estatic she went.

Because if Kitty hadn't gone, and straight up shut Lucas down... Kitty wouldn't have met Johnny.

The moment she caught sight of him, tired and disheveled. She knew he was the one, the man she wanted by her side. Kitty knew she was in love.

Johnny became her everything. He was the perfect gentleman, and Kitty didn't want to lose him. She wasn't going to give him a reason to leave her.

Except she did. Kitty gave Johnny a hundred and one reasons to leave her. To find himself a better girl, someone easier to handle. Someone who would be the perfect wife and mother.

Johnny never left her. He took her in strides. Every time she got too riled up, every time her nails left a new mark. Every time she said or did something that left her in a pit of self hatred.

Johnny was always there. Through thick and thin, the perfect man stayed right beside her.

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That one party, changed everything for Kitty and Johnny.

Since that night, they were attached at the hip. There was no Kitty without Johnny. And no Johnny without Kitty.

It felt natural, right. Even with the fighting. Even with people around them telling them they wouldn't last.

Kitty and Johnny loved each other. They could see their life together easily.

Expect the day the accident happened.

Johnny remembers riding with Kitty. He had just gotten into yet another argument with his father. Johnny wanted to blow off steam. He wanted to see Kitty, to feel her arms wrapped around him, and the wind whipping around them as they sped down the street.

Kitty remembers the feeling she felt when Johnny was suddenly at her window. The way she could tell he was holding back tears and the slight shake in his hands as he asked her to go for a ride.

The night was cold. A fog settled in the air, and the full moon high in the sky. The full moon that was obscured by clouds and the mist. A soft blue light was the only reminder of it's presence.

Kitty had a bad feeling in her gut. Even as she settled into the seat behind Johnny. A spot she had grown so accustomed to. Her arms wrapped around his middle on instinct, chin propping on his shoulder as she held him tight.

There was a barely there tremble in Johnny's muscles. He was trying desperately to push away the thoughts that swirled in his head. The heavy feelings trying to push their way out.

Then Kitty pressed a soft kiss to his cheek.

And the world seemed to disappear around them. The tense left Johnny as he threw a grin over his shoulder, being met with Kitty's smile and loving eyes.

Just like that, the two loverbirds were barreling down the streets. The wind was cold and harsh against their cheeks, hair whipping around with no sense of direction.

But neither of them cared.

None of it mattered. Nothing that happened outside of their relationship mattered in that moment. It was Johnny and Kitty.

Just the two of them against the world. It felt perfect. It was just like how life should always be for them.

Kitty laughed along with Johnny as she held on tight. The ride was a bit bumpy. The world was hazy around them. Both from speed and from the fog.

They weren't worried. In all this time, Johnny had always had an amazing control over his bike. Sure, they took a tumble here and there. But nothing serious. Nothing scary.

Except tonight.

The memory was hazy for both Johnny and Kitty. But they both could agree in the same details.

Johnny took a sharp, curving turn. The landscape obscured what was on the other side of the curve. Then a pair of glaring bright headlights landed on them.

Kitty immediately slammed her eyes closed at the harsh brightness. Johnny did the best he could to see through the light. To try and get a grip of the situation.

Then there was the horn. The sound of a semi-truck blaring its horn. Just like that, Johnny could clearly see the truck.

Fear rushed through him, but he tried to keep his cool. Johnny didn't care about himself, but he had precious cargo with him.

Kitty cried out at the sound of the horn, pressing herself tighter against Johnny's back as she spiraled in thought. No matter what, Kitty knew she was powerless. She had no control over the bike or the truck.

But she could make sure she didn't let go of Johnny.

Johnny set his shoulders, clutching the handles as he pushed forward. Another sharp turn, and they barely managed to get by the truck without impact.

There was a brief moment of relief. Extremely brief.

The next thing the two of them knew, the bike had rammed straight into the guardrails. The front wheel caught in a small gap. Swinging the bike upwards, and sending both Johnny and Kitty into the air.

Kitty hates to remember this part. The way she screamed out Johnny's name. The way her arms slipped from his body as they barreled through the air.

Then, the impact.

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