The Great War

🕸️ Haunted 🕸️

The song in the title is "Haunted" by Taylor Swift.

Jake's POV

You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I never thought I'd live to see it break
It's getting dark and it's all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now
And it's coming over you like it's all a big mistake

I'm holding my breath
Won't lose you again
Something's made your eyes go cold
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had this figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't turn back now, I'm haunted

Stood there and watched you run away
From everything we had
But I don't mean every word I said to you
They will try to take away my pain
And they just might make me smile
But the whole time I'm wishing they were you instead

Holding my breath
Won't see you again
Something keeps me holding on to nothing
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't turn back now, I'm haunted
I know
I know
I just know

YOU'RE NOT GONE, YOU CAN'T BE GONE, NO
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had this figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
Won't finish what you started
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had figured out
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't go back, I'm haunted

3rd Person POV

The world around him seems to freeze as he holds her in his arms, the weight of her body against him a stark reminder of what she just did for him. "NO!" he screams frantically, his breath catching in his throat. "What have you done, Hailey? No, no, no, no!"

He sinks to the ground, carefully cradling her in his lap. Tears stream down his face as he looks down at her. Her eyes are half-closed, a trickle of blood running down her stomach. He cups her face, trying to wake her up, panic and fear etched on his face.

"Hailey, no... Baby, wake up. Open your eyes, dammit!" he pleads, his voice breaking. "Please, princess... don't do this to me. You can't leave me like this. Please!"

But Hailey doesn't respond. She's deadly still in his arms, her breathing shallow and ragged. The wound on her stomach continues to bleed, staining his clothes. Jake's heart is in his throat as he looks up at Drew, rage and despair coursing through him.

"YOU MONSTER!" he screams, his voice filled with undefined rage. He can hardly see straight through the tears, his body shaking with wrath. "Look what you've done! You shot her!"