Cancer. It was a hard thing to beat. Especially when it was a kid. Currently, you and Jack were visiting a cancer patient. A young girl who was dying of leukemia. She only had a few days left, but her last wish was to see her favorite hockey players.
Those players, of course, were you and Jack. As you and Jack were standing there, talking to the girl and comforting her, she looked up at you and Jack, her hands shaking ever so slightly as she handed you and Jack, both small pink bracelets. They had the words in white, reading, 'keep fighting'.
The girl looked up at both of you, smiling weakly and mumbling a soft 'thank you'. You and Jack left shortly after. As you and Jack walked down the hallway, you heard Jack pause in his footsteps.
You looked over your shoulder, your eyes widening a bit when you saw Jack actually having tears running down his cheeks. You had never seen that man cry. Not even when he got taken out for the rest of last years season for a shoulder injury.
You walked over to Jack and lightly placed your hand on his back. Jack turned to you, tears continuing to fall as he buried his head into your shoulder, crying. "That girl-" He started before just gripping onto you, crying.
"I know.." You whispered, hugging Jack as his arms wrapped around you just as tight.
"She's just six..." Jack managed to say between sobs. "She doesn't-" Jack started to say before you both heard rapid beeps from the room you had just come out of. Both your heads whipped around as you both stood practically paralyzed.
Doctors rushed in, and after five minutes, a doctor finally spoke. "Time of death, 16:57."
Jack damn near collapsed in your arms. "Oh god.." Jack mumbled, burying his face into your shoulder, sobbing even harder. That girl who seemed like she was fighting perfect just a few minutes ago was now an angel in the sky.
Jack sobbed into your arms, holding onto you so tightly that he damn near bruised your arms. That death, it broke Jack. Even though you and Jack didn't know the girl that well, it was hard to hear a child, let alone a six year old, had died.