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Connor walked past through tombs of people, he's still finding Will's tomb.
"There it is" Connor walked towards the tomb, and sat down infront of it. He swept his hands through the stone of the tomb, revealing the words in it.
Here lies
William Charles Patrick Smith
Age: 21
Cause of Death: Asthma Attack
Love from the Smith Family and Friends
Connor's eyes began to water as tears starting to run down to his cheeks, he wiped his tears away just like William will do if he ever saw Connor crying. "Miss you my beloved" he says, completely sobbing.
Before Will had asthma attack during the Sharks game against the Bruins, Will proposed to Connor in secret. Only the whole team of Sharks and Blackhawks know.
They were imagining what would their aisle look like, yapping about their future together even after retiring in the NHL. But unfortunately that one Sharks game led to miserable life.
During the Sharks game, it was Will's time on the ice. Connor is in the bleachers cheering for both teams, Bruins is for his Best Friend Fraser, and the Sharks is for his Fiancé Will. When Will was slammed into the boards, Pavel accidentally hit Will's back and Will was laid down.
The crowd went loud, and Will got on his knees and clenching in his jersey very tightly, Collin and Mack were the only ones noticed that Will is suffering to catch breath. He's having a Asthma Attack. Mack and Collin quickly skated to Will along with the medical team. The crowd got louder, and Connor stood up to see what's happening. He couldnt believe his eyes and quickly ran between rows to get to the window closer to Will.
Adam quickly launched into Pavel and started punching him with gloves on. On the other hand, Connor is slamming his palm against the window "do something about him! Save him!" He shouts through the window.
The medical team called for the stretcher and manual Nebulizer and they kept sweeping their hands at Will's back. Later the stretcher and the manual Nebulizer arrived, they gently put Will into the stretcher while pumping the nebulizer.
They exit the rink, and the game continued. Connor cant continue the game right now and he needs to visit his Fiancé, he exits through the crowd and finds the Medical Room through asking the staffs of the Sharks.
He finally saw the Medical Room and quickly entered in, "how's Will?" Connor asked and one of the Medical Staffs responded with a frown on her face "the asthma attack was fatal, he needs to be transferred into the hospital". No that can't be it there has to be something.
When Will was transferred into the hospital, they did everything to treat Will's asthma attack but none. It was too fatal. He can open his eyes, but he cant breathe normally. He died shortly while Connor is outside of his room.
The doctor came out with a sad frown in his face. "He's gone, we're so sorry we did everything we could." Connor just shook his head uncontrollably "no that cant be, can i see him please one last time?" He began to sob and hiccuping through every words.
"Sure" the doctor nodded and made way for Connor, and thats where Connor sees it. His lifeless body, oxygen mask on his face. Connor completely sobbed, rushing to him and hugging him tightly, he covered his own face in Will's shoulder. He can't hear him breathe again just like he hugged him when Will proposed.
"You're really gone" Connor cried quietly and hugging him more one last time.
During the funeral, Will's family came in and sat down infront of the casket. Will's sister, Grace, sat next to Connor and pats his back.
"Connor right?" Grace asked, and Connor snapped his head to look at Grace, he nods. "You know, when i tell you this. William is lucky to have you" Grace's comforting voice soothes Connor, it reminds him of Will's voice.
"H-How?" Connor's eyes are puffy red from crying, "well these past few years, he came out as Gay to us. We all accepted him even though he's having thoughts that we cant accept him because we're devoted Catholic, he began to talk about you and he kept some of the gifts. He said he plans to give the gifts to you each year of your birthday, and then he drew alot on the paper about his imaginations of the aisle that he's gonna use for the wedding" Grace said with a smile.
"Oh" is all what Connor says, and Grace hugged him tightly "William is so so lucky to have you, thank you for taking care of him" Grace's eyes began to water and a tear ran down her cheek.
Back to the grave, Connor leans his head to the stone of the tomb and let the comfort flow through him. He pulls out his letter a month ago and he reads it.
"To my beloved William, thank you for being there, i love you ever since we met through Mack, i love your blonde curly hair i wanna play with them all day, now that we're engaged im thinking about our aisle to be filled with flowers and white, our teammates and families are invited. I hope you will never leave me, i hope we will grow up together until the day we die, we will retire together. My love, my everything." He hiccuped at every sentences he read, he wiped his tears again and he kissed the tomb before standing up.
He's still wearing his engagement ring. He promised that he will stay until the end. The engagement ring represents that Will is still with him even though he's no longer in Connor's side.