Ship: Gerard/Dallon
Words: 1003

5/18/17.

"Dallon...?"

I look around the room with a lip trapped between my teeth. It takes a moment, but eventually he comes in from the kitchen, a chocolate bar sticking out of his mouth. I can't help but smile a little in relief. He's okay. He's okay.

I walk forward and hug him close, "I love you, Babe. Never want to see you go. Ever."

Dallon chuckles softly and kisses me, "What's up? You're acting weird."

I know I can't tell him. I could never tell him. Maybe it would be okay to go on vacation. To run away for a bit. I might be able to convince Ashley that I killed Dallon. Fuck.

"I've been thinking about your offer and I want to take it." I bite my lip, "A-about vacation. I really need to get away and just be with you. I love you."

He rubs my back gently, "Okay, when do you wanna leave then?"

"Would tomorrow work for you?" I ask.

He chuckles a little, "That might be short notice. How about the day after tomorrow at the earliest okay?"

I smile a little. Just in time.

"Deal."

"You wanna go to the movies?"

"Yeah..."

***

It's the due date.

Everything is packed, I'm trying not to panic but it's getting harder and harder to do when all I can think of is the threat of the company. I must have read over the document a hundred thousand times in the last two days but it's still not enough. It'll never be enough.

"You ready to go?" Dallon asks through my office door.

"Yeah, one moment!" I reply, piling away the documents and going to the door where I immediately embrace him in a hug and smile as I pull away.

We're heading to New Jersey for a week or so and then we'll head back and go back to normal life.

I only hope it's enough time to get this figured out. I'll substitute the body with someone else's if I can get away and send pictures to the company and...

"Hey," He whispers, looking down at me and lifting my worried head softly, "I love you."

"I love you, too." I reply. I bite my lip and after a moment of trying, I sigh, and shut my eyes, "Look uh... Dallon. There's something I need to tell you about."

He gives me a worried look, but nods anyways and pulls me closer.

"What is it?" He asks.

I can't get another word out.

The bullet has already been shot.

I scream as Dallon clings onto me and falls to the floor, choking and spluttering and trying to get air into his lungs. A bullethole right through the shoulder.

"Dallon, Dallon, no, Baby. Stay with me baby. Please." I say, fumbling to open his jacket and inspect the wound.

"Ger–ard." He coughs, fumbling with his hands and eventually gripping my arm.

"Dallon, Dallon, no. Stay awake, Babe! Please stay with me!"

Blood. So much blood. My eyes are widening as I shove off his shirt and look to my hands. 

So much blood.

"Gerard, h-hurts. Am I gonna die?"

"No, Dal, you're not. You're gonna live and we're gonna go on this roadtrip and we're gonna get married just like you wanted. Dallon, Dallon, no keep your eyes open. Please."

He's coughing, his whole body shaking as his eyes ease shut.

"DALLON, NO! DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!" I scream, pressing my fingers into the wound, searching frantically for the bullet.

"I... l-love..." he coughs and I don't realize the tears are coming until my cheeks are wet.

"Stay awake, you're gonna be, please."

"Shh," he whispers, so softly I'm afraid I'd miss it over my screaming

"No, please." I whimper, "Dallon, don't leave I love you please."

"I-It's ok-kay." He coughs, then in a soft whisper I hear three more words.

"I... l-love y-you..."

I watch as his eyes ease to a shut and his chest slows and my eyes widen even more and I scream and shove my hands down over my heart and I can't hear a thing and he's dead and I can't do this. Oh god, oh god, oh god.

"DALLON!" I scream, but it's not long before I'm being dragged away and I feel a gun under my chin and familiar eyes looking right back into mine.

"You were gonna run away. And violate the contract you have with the company. We own you, Gerard, and we will not hesitate to punish you for what you've done." She says.

"Shut the fuck up, Ash."

She slaps me and the next thing I know, the hands holding me have let go and I'm on the floor. I recognize the others as Brendon and Pete.

"Love makes us weak, Gerard. You're useless to the company now and we can't risk a leak of information." She says.

Pete drags me back up and I try my best to fight against him but he easily overpowers me, sending me on my knees with my head down and soon enough, Ashley has a gun at my head.

"Any last words, bitch?"

"Fuck you." I spit.

The bullet goes to my chest and I yelp out in pain, clutching the spot.

"Leave him. I'll have a cleanup crew come and find them." I hear Ashley say.

Pete drops me and I land on my stomach, coughing just like Dallon had.

Their footsteps leave and soon enough it's just me left.

I rise to my hands and knees weakly and look up to see Dallon with closed eyes and a partially open mouth.

"D-Dallon. 'M so sorry. So fucking sorry please... f... forgive me..." I crawl over to him slowly but eventually it gets to hard and I collapse right beside him.

"I... I love y-you too."

And then it does black, the last thing I see is our blood painting the floor red.