I didn't sign up for this (one-shots)

Time can shatter a man.

SnowxSerah one-shot. AU, Angst, romance and hurt.

Serah, I miss you so much" Snow whispered to himself, a photo of him and Serah held loosely in his hand. He sat alone in the living room they had once shared, just the two of them. Everything was going so well. They had bought a house together and were beginning their life as a married couple, but then 'it' happened. On that day, Snow's life changed forever, followed by nothing but a wave of bad events. How he wanted to hold her in his arms and feel her warmth and love. How he wanted to hear her laugh again and see her smile brighten up his world. Why did God have to take her away from him?

His fist tightened into balls as he fought back the tears that wanted to fall. She was all he could think about since that day, how he couldn't save her...how he was never her hero like he had promised to be the day she said yes. But what could he have done? She was running ahead, the skies stretched out above them. Not once did it cross his mind that as she turned to smile at him, that would be the last smile he'd ever see from her as the car hit her frail body. Why didn't it stop? Because the driver was drunk. People circled Serah's body, sirens going off, but by the time they got there, she was already laying lifelessly in Snow's arms, tears falling without stop down his cheeks. She was gone. He'd never hear her laugh or her sweet voice again. She'd never smile again, never get angry at him again. He'd never feel her warmth again and her bright, beautiful eyes would never open again. He'd never get to stay up in bed with her, just staring into her eyes and holding her hand, talking about pointless things. His perfect life had died with her, the love of his life. He could never love anyone more than he loved Serah. She was his everything.

Ever since then, Snow changed. He never laughed, never smiled. He never cracked jokes and annoyed people with his goofy grin. Everyone had tried to cheer him up, but nothing worked. Not even Lightning, Serah's sister, could get him to let Serah go. Instead, he continued to die inside, unable to move on. Serah was his world, his strength. Without Serah, Snow couldn't live. Snow lost all motivation, all his fire. It was gone along with her. His hopes for the future, shattered. He couldn't even feel anymore. Ever since that day, Snow has slowly died until he was nothing more than a shell of a man, clinging on to any memory of her he could. He never even got to say goodbye or 'I love you' to her one last time. He was never a hero.