John held you tightly, his usual aloof demeanor completely gone as you laid there in his arms, blood pooling on the ground beneath you. It was inevitable this would happen, it was inevitable one of these days one of you would end up like this, but that didn't make it any less devastating

"No, no, no, no, no, no" Tears welled in his eyes "Not like this luv, not like this." He pleaded with you like it was anything you could control,